Andrew Tarazid-Tarawali, Portfolio Manager, Acumen West Africa, a non-profit impact investment fund with almost 15 years’ experience in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) stopped over for a visit to ColdHubs. Andrew was fascinated, witnessing ColdHubs operations first hand.
The Nigerian Energy Forum (NEF) 2018, a capacity building, training, and development programme for policy makers, business leaders, energy users, professional engineers, industry experts and academics in the energy sector of Nigeria and other African countries has awarded ColdHubs 1st Prize of its African Energy Ideas award. The recognition was during the NEF Forum held […]
English Translation…. Most African agricultural products rots on time before profits are made. The business idea of a farmer’s son from Nigeria is to eliminate the problem permanently. Tourists may already dream of cold beers on the Sahara crossing, while African market women are reluctant to keep their vegetables fresh for days. But for Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, […]
ColdHubs and Ghanaian non-governmental organization; Home for Protection and Care (HOPAC) are discussing expansion of the ColdHubs technology and business model to Ghana using HOPAC as the Franchisee. This followed the visit and discussions between the ColdHubs team and HOPAC Executive Barbara Asempa to ColdHubs.HOPAC promotes agricultural development and poverty alleviation in Okuchibirin, Ghana.
The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE), the only global industry association that supports all businesses along the whole value-chain of renewable solutions for rural electrification in developing and emerging countries has honored ColdHubs as the Best Start Up.The Award was presented before over 200 participants in Catania, Italy at the 4th edition of the ARE […]
ColdHubs was part of the 16 African entrepreneurs who pitched at St James’s Palace as part of Pitch@Palace Africa 2.0. Pitch@Palace Africa is organized by HRH The Duke of York to encourage African entrepreneurs, to create and implement solutions for Africa’s development. ColdHubs emerged one of the Winners at the pitching contest and was warmly […]
ColdHubs is exploring partnership for additional deployment of ColdHubs, in the Niger-Delta with the PIND Foundation. PIND is Nigerian non-profit organization, working with partners to build peace and equitable economic development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Teslim Giwa Appropriate Technology Enabled Development (ATED) Manager at PIND recently visited ColdHubs, held a strategy meeting […]
Ibeno is located in the south east of Nigeria. The community lies on the eastern side of the Kwa Ibo River about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the river mouth, and is one of the largest fishing settlements on the Nigerian coast. Just like Ibeno, Ibaka on the other hand is another fishing community in Akwa […]
Post-harvest loss in Nigeria is a serious issue. Half of all the fruit and vegetables produced here are thrown away, even though millions of people across the nation are going hungry.ColdHubs started a technology of using cooling to preserve perishables about 2 years ago and an estimation of 1000 tons of food has been saved. […]
One-third of food produced globally is lost or wasted. Given the many starving people and poor levels of nutrition around the world, reducing this waste appear to be a key global priority. By 2050, the global population will reach 9.1 Billion. If current levels of food loss and waste are maintained, food production will need […]