Industry | Solar-powered cooling |
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Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | Owerri, Imo State , Nigeria |
Area served | Nigeria |
Key people | Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu - CEO |
Website | www.coldhubs.com |
ColdHubs Ltd. is an Owerri-based company that provides solar-powered cold storage for small scale farmers.
ColdHubs was founded in 2015 in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.[1][2] In addition to its headquarters, the company has offices in Fort Collins, Colorado.[3]
ColdHubs provides cooling services to small-scale farmers and fishermen, who rent 20 kg capacity crates to store their products at the hubs that are available all year round.[4][5][6]
ColdHubs operates at 54 locations, in 22 states throughout Nigeria,[7] with site locations near farms.[8] The three-metre-square units can each hold three tonnes of food. The sun's power cools the units during the day and charges the batteries that operate the refrigeration in the evening.[7][9]
ColdHubs was founded and is run by former farmer Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu.[1][2] As of 2021, it employs 66 people.[10]
In 2017, ColdHubs was shortlisted for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.[11][12] It won the 2020 Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award[13] and was the inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge winner in 2021.[7]