Instead of asking a battery to hold all the energy as electricity, what if you could store the cold itself?
That question changed everything. It led ColdHubs from its first scrap-metal prototype to a second-generation system that stores cooling energy directly — the same way ice holds cold long after the freezer is switched off. A decade of building, deploying and redesigning in real Nigerian markets had produced something far beyond a cold room.
It had produced a cold chain.
The Obvious Changes When A Community Has Access to Reliable Cold Storage? A Look At The State of The Swali Market Two Months After The Launch. What changes when a community that has spent years racing against food spoilage finally has access to reliable cold storage? At first, it may look like a simple change […]
Discover why preserving food is essential to conserving natural resources and protecting the environment on World Nature Conservation Day.
Two vegetable traders at Obinze Market reduced spoilage and improved profits using ColdHubs solar-powered cold storage.
Food waste is not just an economic problem—it is an environmental one. Every spoiled crate of tomatoes, green beans, or carrots represents wasted water, wasted energy, and avoidable greenhouse gas emissions. In a country where food demand is rising, losing up to 30–50% of fresh produce after harvest is not sustainable—for farmers, for businesses, or […]