I have no details on this particular case. But I’ve been a judge for many agrifoodtech pitch events and in many cases it wasn’t the best company/entrepreneurs that won, rather the judges decided to vote on what had the best feel good story.

It's as though nobody remembers the Syrian ambulance boy who seemed to hit every single Western publication at once. Or the fawning PR pieces for the "White Helmets."

The insinuation that Forbes is not part of the propaganda conspiracy is absurd. This is exactly what it looks like when an NGO is peddling a narrative.