Mile 12 ColdHubs is located in Mile 12 International Market, Lagos State, a popular market in the heartland of Lagos, South-Western Region of Nigeria.
The cold room operates on the 1.0 ColdHubs old generation technology model, which runs energy from solar to power energy efficient monoblock cooling units; excess energy from the sun is stored in batteries. It is a 6 tons cold room with capacity to store and preserve 200 crates of fresh vegetable produce.
The installation of the facility stirred up excitement from the majority of suppliers and retailers of vegetables and administrators in the market.
The cold storage became a shining light in 2021 for users because it came during the post-COVID-19 crisis, supporting the drive for a resilient food supply chain, an inflection point for accelerated growth, and rapidly ramping demand for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Mile 12 Market has been in existence for 40 years, serving Lagos State in its huge demand for fresh fruits and vegetables such as apples, grapes, oranges, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, bell peppers, green beans, leafy vegetables and other food commodities. It also serves as a food aggregation center for farmers from the North of Nigeria, wholesalers, and retailers in the Lagos food supply chain.
The market is a daily food market and it's open 24 hours. Wholesalers and retailers of fresh fruits and vegetables from neighboring countries such as Benue Republic, Togo and Ghana also come to the market to source high quality fresh produce.
60% of fruit and vegetable retailers in Mile 12 Market, of which 6% are women, utilize ColdHubs to store their products. The ColdHubs facility has limited capacity to carry the tons of food served in Mile 12 Market.
ColdHubs is presently developing strategies to expand on this present installation with a larger cold room to solve the cold storage needs in the market.
Ruth Jelilat, the Hub Operator in ColdHubs Mile 12, is a young lady in her early 20s in charge of all operations in the Hub - loading and off-loading of food, collection of user fees and maintaining customer relations.
Use Google Maps to locate ColdHubs in Mile 12 Market, or contact our Hub Operator on her mobile phone at +234 916 063 2727.