In most of Africa there are no refrigerators. As a result, a third of the food produced on the continent is never consumed. It is a very painful loss for the millions of people in Africa who are food insecure or undernourished. A young IT graduate developed a solar-powered, walk-in cold room that provides retailers with storage facilities to preserve perishable products. The FreshBox is cheap and can easily be replicated throughout the continent.
Preventing food loss in Africa with these low-tech cooling units
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