Victor Murithi

Venture builder and Innovation specialist
Currently transforming agriculture one innovation at a time.

[FAO e-Agriculture @FAOeagriculture]

2,000 new innovations on @FAO’s Agrifood Systems Technologies and Innovations Outlook (#ATIO) Knowledge Base 📣

Bringing the total to 5,744 featured innovations.

Explore: https://t.co/wwcd3TypRb

#AgInnovation #STIPortal

@FAOInnovation @FAOScienceChief

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Marc Andreessen: Revolutionary technologies were often viewed as “trivialities” or “jokes”

“If you read history, the great innovations of the past are now well understood as being very important. In almost every case, they were not widely understood as such at the time. In fact, I would assert that they were often actually viewed as trivialities or jokes.”

He gives three examples:

1. The telephone. “When Thomas Edison was first working on the telephone, the assumption of the use case motivating his early work was the idea that telegraph operators needed to be able to talk to each other. It was considered implausible that you would have a system that would let any ordinary person pick up the telephone and talk to another person - that was clearly impossible… Completely missing the larger opportunity.”

2. The Internet. “I have personal experience with this one. The Internet was laughed at. It was heaped with scorn from 1993 to 1997-98. In fact, those of you who were in the industry at the time will remember the New York Times had a reporter on staff named Peter Lewis… I’m convinced he was specifically hired by the editors to just write negative stories about the Internet. It was all he did, and it was always the Internet was never going to be a consumer medium. The Internet is not nearly as big as these people think. Nobody is ever going to trust the internet for e-commerce.”

3. The car. “The car was absolutely viewed as a triviality and a toy when it first emerged. In fact, J.P. Morgan himself refused to invest in Ford Motor Company with the response that it’s just a toy for rich people, which is in fact what it was at the time. If you had one of the first cars, you had to be a rich person. You had to have a driver. You often actually had to also have a stoker with your early cars to keep the engine going. And then you also had to travel with a full-time mechanic because the thing would break down every three miles.”

Marc concludes:

“The great innovations of the present, I believe, are virtually guaranteed to be viewed as trivial and to be viewed as jokes. I think history 50 to 100 years from now will enshroud them in legend. In our time, they won’t be recognized as such. Of course, in the future, when they become legends, our descendants will themselves have their own trivial innovations to laugh at.”

Video source: @MilkenInstitute (2013)

[FAO in the Caribbean @FAOCaribbean]

HAPPENING NOW - Join us!♻️☀️

[FAO Livestock @FAOLivestock]

📢HAPPENING NOW!

Over 100 experts, young professionals and students gathered in Nanjing for the #OneHealth Global Youth Summit to share knowledge, showcase innovations, and co-create solutions for our planet🌏🌱

https://t.co/4MXrKauCOZ

[FAOCaboVerde @FAOCaboVerde]

ELEVATE ‘Fish Waste to Fashion’: Innovative FAO 🇨🇻 project at the CONXEMAR International Fair

Vigo 🇪🇸

Couro Azul Cooperative presents result from fish skin tanning.

Showing the potential of sustainable handicrafts & the importance of the circular bioeconomy.

#SVC4SIDS #SDG14

[FAO Innovation @FAOInnovation]

Ready for innovation in agrifood systems?🌱

Join the Innovation Show & Share 2025: Ideas That Scale at #SIF2025, @FAO!

19 teams from around the world pitch breakthrough solutions for a better food future.

🔗 https://t.co/EAtJrxHTL9

#AgInnovation #FAOELEVATE #AccelerationZone

[FAO e-Agriculture @FAOeagriculture]

🌍 #InnovationForGood – Day 1 Recap | Hangzhou
- Keynotes (ZJU & FAO)
- Startup DNA training
- Digital Agriculture trends
- Agri-tech innovations
- Riverside Chat w/ entrepreneurs

🤝 Co-organized by @FAO , @ZJU_China & @pinduoduo1

🔗Pitch Event: https://t.co/nWjWZRWjQc

[FAO in Jordan @FAOJordan]

A new era for clean energy in 🇯🇴!

The installation is complete for Jordan’s first floating solar system at King Talal Dam. ☀️

This pioneering project, funded by @FAO & implemented in cooperation with the #Jordan Valley Authority.

#Innovation #CleanEnergy #Sustainability

[Victor Murithi @v_murithi]

@interview_js is the site officially down?

[FAO Colombia @FAO_Colombia]

🎥 #HistoriasQueInspiran
Hoy, en el #DíaDeLaMujerAfro, celebramos la fuerza de mujeres como Epifanía Montaño, de #ASOFALIPRE.
🌾 Porque cada producto es también una historia de resistencia y empoderamiento femenino 💜

#ELEVATE #COLATINA
@FAOInnovation @FAOAMERICAS @MartinVncnt

[FAO Innovation @FAOInnovation]

Powering rural innovation! 🔋

With #FAOELEVATE, @FAO supports clean energy in 🇯🇲 Jamaica (bio-solar mesh grids) & 🇯🇴 Jordan (solar panel cooling).

Smart, local solutions for agrifood transformation.

Read the news & follow us for updates! https://t.co/wtlvJ3Hxym

#AgInnovation

[FAO Director-General QU Dongyu @FAODG]

Netherlands Acceleration Zone is a unique hub to foster innovation, collaboration & accelerated problem-solving. Grateful to the Kingdom of the Netherlands for this initiative to help @FAO strengthen support to Members in agrifood systems transformation. #FAOConference #4Betters

[FAO e-Agriculture @FAOeagriculture]

The #Hack4SafeFood NENA Regional Hackathon is live!

Innovators, researchers & changemakers, co-create solutions for #FoodSafety & win💰, incubation, & a pitch at #SIF2025 in Rome!
Plus: scholarships, internships & more.

🌐Join now: https://t.co/8gzYGz9RRD

#AgInnovation

[FAOCaboVerde @FAOCaboVerde]

#CVIF2025
💪 private sector investments through project matchmaking wt potential investors & promoting business dynamics.

Panel “Integrated value chains for green & blue growth”

AFAOR 🇨🇻 @KatyaNeves presents pilot projects on transformation of fish 🐟 skin into leather.

#SDG14

[FAO Ethiopia @FAOEthiopia]

Innovation Policy Lab (IPL) project launched in Ethiopia! Led by @FAOInnovation & @MinistryofInno2, it aims to transform agrifood systems through inclusive, evidence-based policymaking.
Integrating IPL with ETH’s Startup Policy to support agritech startups & youth-led innovation.

[FAO Innovation @FAOInnovation]

How is #SocialInnovation transforming small-scale farming in the Near East & North Africa? 🌍

A new @FAOinNENA_EN report explores key trends, inspiring practices & opportunities for action across the region.

📘 Read more: https://t.co/lSzR1fjCue
#AgInnovation @FAOKnowledge

[FAO in New York @FAONewYork]

"AI will only accelerate progress on the SDGs if it is embedded in systems that are inclusive, ethical, and aligned with local contexts."

- @MartinVncnt, Director of @FAOInnovation at the #STIForum10 Special Event by @UN IATT on Science, Technology and innovation for the #SDGs

[Felix Lee @felixleezd]

Designers, YC is calling for you.

@ycombinator just put out a "request for startups" for more designer founders.

starting a group chat for designers who want to build their idea/startup... we’ll share:

- product ideas
- best frameworks and tools
- design engineering talks
- design founder chats

reply if you wanna join

[FAO Innovation @FAOInnovation]

Dutch support fuels FAO’s future #AccelerationZone! 🇳🇱🙏

This week, we welcomed the delegation from the Netherlands to the construction site of our future hub for co-creation and inclusive #AgInnovation!

Excited for the official launch in July 2025 at the @FAO Conference! 🚀

[FAOCaboVerde @FAOCaboVerde]

#FishWasteToArt 🐟

Stephanie Silva, artisan:
“I never thought that fish leather would be a tangible reality in 🇨🇻.
Taking part in the residency delight me, because I always try to incorporate innovation into my creations.
It’s a material that really fascinated me!”

#SDG5 #SDG14