Africa Innovates Magazine - Flipbook - Page 10
FOOD SECURITY
POST-HARVEST SOLUTIONS
FOR SMALLHOLDER
FARMERS IN KENYA
Expensive conventional coolers, unreliable local electricity supply and
lack of installation and maintenance expertise triggered some of Africa’s
engineers to find alternative solutions for a pressing local challenge.
With an average age of 27, a team of young
engineers are pioneering mobile cold storage
units powered by renewable energy for rural
smallholder farmers.
Solar Freeze uses an integrated approach to post-harvest management,
fusing both technological and financial innovations to build capacity
across the value chain, enhance market access and other elements, to
bring about a large-scale impact.
In terms of impact,
the company estimates
that it reduces the waste
of agricultural products by:
while increasing
the farmers’ revenues by:
90%
70%
“I visualize a future where
a new generation of young
Africans is leading climatesmart initiatives.
We have a huge task on our
hands, but we are up to the
challenge!”
Dysmus Kisilu,
Solar Freeze CEO
Photo credit: Solar Freeze
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SHOWCASING AFRICAN CLIMATE CHAMPIONS
Photo credit: 2021 Solar Freeze
