Meet The Six Startups Selected For The Second Cohort Of PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator Program: MENA Sustainability Edition

Meet The Six Startups Selected For The Second Cohort Of PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator Program: MENA Sustainability Edition

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PepsiCo has announced the six companies that will be a part of the second cohort of its Greenhouse Accelerator Program: MENA Sustainability Edition, which will be focused on sustainable agriculture.

This year's program, which continues PepsiCo's initial partnership with UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) and Food Tech Valley, was launched with an aim to unlock innovative and disruptive agricultural solutions by collaborating with regional startups that share PepsiCo's vision for a more sustainable food system.

In what was a multi-stage selection process, this year's cohort were assessed based on five key criteria: alignment to PepsiCo Positive (pep+)- PepsiCo's sustainability strategy, strategic synergy with PepsiCo, scalability, relevance to MENA, and breakthrough potential. Over 180 applications from across the MENA region were sent in for the 2023 edition of this program, of which six startups were selected to participate in it.









The six startups are:

NoorNation An Egypt-based renewable energy startup that aims to provide sustainable decentralized energy and water infrastructure solutions to the off-grid sector across Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa. Its product, LifeBox, is a solar-powered, self-contained mobile unit that delivers clean energy and safe