ColdHubs

ColdHubs Ltd. is an Owerri-based company that provides solar-powered cold storage for small scale farmers.

History
ColdHubs was founded in 2015 in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. In addition to its headquarters, the company has offices in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Services
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.

ColdHubs operates at 54 locations, in 22 states throughout Nigeria, with site locations near farms. 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.

People
ColdHubs was founded and is run by former farmer Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu. As of 2021, it employs 66 people.

Awards
In 2017, ColdHubs was shortlisted for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. It won the 2020 Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award and was the inaugural AYuTe Africa Challenge winner in 2021.