ColdHubs
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Solar-powered cooling |
| Founded 📆 | 2015 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Owerri, Imo State , Nigeria |
Area served 🗺️ | Nigeria |
Key people | Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu - CEO |
| Services | ColdHubs cooling hubs |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.coldhubs.com/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
ColdHubs Ltd. is a Owerri-based company that provides solar-powered cold storage for small scale farmers.[1][2][3][4][5][6] ColdHubs was founded, in 2015, by Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu.[3][7]
History[edit]
ColdHubs was founded in 2015 in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria.[3][7] It also has offices in Fort Collins, Colorado.[8]
In 2017 ColdHubs was shortlisted for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.[9][10] In it won the 2020 Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award[11] and was the inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge winner in 2021.[1]
Services[edit]
ColdHubs provide cooling services to small scale farmers and fishermen, who rent 20-kg-capacity crates to store their products at the hubs that are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.[12][13]
Coldhubs operates at 54 locations, in 22 states throughout Nigeria;[1] site locations are near farms.[14] The three-metre-square units can each hold three tons of food, the sun's power cools the units during day time and charges batteries that operate the refrigeration during the evening.[1][15][13] They charge users ₦100 (US 25 cents) per day, per crate of storage.[1]
ColdHubs's cold storage units keep food fresh for up to 21 days.[1][15][13]
Brand and reputation[edit]
In 2020, ColdHubs stored 40,000 tons of food, serving a total of 5,250 customers.[1]
ColdHubs has prevented over one thousand tons of carbon-dioxide entering the earth's atmosphere.[1]
People[edit]
Coldhubs was founded and is run by, former farmer, Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu.[3][7] As of 2021 it employed 66 people.[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Cairns, Rebecca (23 July 2021). "ColdHubs: How solar-powered cold storage is keeping food fresh in Nigeria". CNN. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Monks, Kieron (2015-12-22). "A radio show host may have fixed Nigeria's worst problem". CNN. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Leonard, Shane (10 September 2021). "Founders of Coldhubs and Hello Tractor win inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge - Irish Tech News". Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hodal, Kate (2017-12-28). "How the sun's rays can keep food chilled: fighting waste in Africa". the Guardian. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Trevisan, Thomas (Oct 26, 2021). "ColdHubs to Add 100 More Solar-Powered R290-Refrigerated Storage Facilities in Nigeria". hydrocarbons21.com. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Pollard, Lawrence (2018-01-02). "Harnessing the sun to power cold storage". Newsday (video, 1 min). BBC.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Kitinoja, Lisa, Vijay Yadav Tokala, and Majeed Mohammed. "Clean cold chain development and the critical role of extension education." Agriculture for Development 36, no. 3 (2019): 19-25.
- ↑ "Official Website". Cold Hubs. Retrieved 2022-01-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "3 Nigerians make UK Royal Academy's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Shortlist". Bella Naija. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Five years of the Africa Prize. Royal Academy of Engineering. p. 13. Search this book on
- ↑ Okunola, Akindare (Aug 11, 2020). "This Entrepreneur Is Using Solar-Powered Cold Rooms to Cut Down Food Spoilage in Nigeria". Global Citizen. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Orhun, Deniz; Dedeoglu Meng, Pinar (2021-10-31). "Agricultural Economics Will Be The Transformative Power Of Gastronomy "Eat Wisely"". EURASIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (EJAE). 1 (2): 38–53. ISSN 2757-9654.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Bafana, Busani (30 Dec 2021). "Cool Scheme To Reduce Food Waste In Nigeria". www.africa.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Babatunde, Jimoh (2021-11-18). "'Giving agriculture needed push to drive economic growth'". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2022-01-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 Subhash Nair, Anagha (29 Aug 2021). "These startups are revolutionizing how we manage waste". CNN. Retrieved 2021-11-01. Unknown parameter
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