We are excited to announce that our latest solar-powered walk-in cold room has been switched on at the Crop Storage Unit (CSU), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Compound, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The cold room was executed through an amazing partnership between ColdHubs Limited and our newest partner, The Federal Ministry of […]
ColdHubs is now Finalist for the Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge (OGCCC), being organized by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The international competition was to identify and promote the most energy-efficient, sustainable and cost-effective technologies that can meet the cold storage requirements for fresh fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, an area ColdHubs […]
Multinational technology company, Microsoft, through its Airband Initiative is extending a grant to ColdHubs to use its Hub’s excess generated and stored energy to power new internet kiosks known as F@rm & M@rket Connect Centers. Using Microsoft TV White Spaces technology, the F@rm &M@rket Connect Centers, will be a Wifi hot spot, which will enable farmers, […]
The Refrigeration and Cooling Magazine (RAC), the leading source of news, information and analysis for the refrigeration and air conditioning industry has shortlisted ColdHubs as a Finalist for its RAC Cooling Industry Awards under the “International Achievement Category”. The Cooling Industry Awards recognizes the cooling industry’s environmental achievements and its commitment to innovation. For over […]
ColdHubs CEO and COO, participated in the FoodTrack, a tailored programme organised by Maersk Growth and Rockstart. The programme is an intensive one-month venture programme with the goal to support startups dedicated to solving one of the world’s most acute challenges – eliminating food loss.During the programme, ColdHubs CEO was honored to pitch our technology […]
As First Runner Up of the 2018 Entrepreneurs in Resilience Awards, ColdHubs will be receiving support from Swiss Re Foundation to expand its 100% solar powered walk-in cold rooms to extend the shelf life of perishable food in Imo State and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nigeria. The ColdHubs team is excited about this […]
ColdHubs staff and customers participated in the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in partnership with USAID and Rockefeller Foundation, three days training on the processing and packaging of tomatoes. During the training, different methods of processing were taught and certificates were issued to participants. The Bank of Agriculture was also present during the workshop […]
ColdHubs, together with 9 companies and social enterprises fighting food spoilage has been invited to join FoodTrack by Maersk, as the first cohorts of the program.Maersk, the global logistics company, and Rockstart, the startup accelerator, put together the month-long program which focuses on combating food loss across the food chain. FoodTrack provides companies with exclusive […]
Education is key to management of post harvest losses!ColdHubs is thrilled and excited to benefit from the development of a 12 chapter educational comic series on post-harvest management of fruits, vegetables and other perishable food. The comic, a project of its sister organization The Smallholders Foundation (www.smallholdersfoundation.org.ng) and the German International Cooperation (GIZ) (https://www.giz.de/expertise/html/18089.html) will increase […]
Greg Laurin, President of Conestoga Cold Storage of Canada, our partner talks about his experience working with ColdHubs in the Canadian trade magazine. Read PDF