A main Kenyan warehouse and logistics service supplier Cold Solutions, says it will make investments USD 70 million to assemble the largest chilly chain facility in East Africa to handle challenges that face transportation of perishable goods.
Cold Solution’s 15,000 sqm flagship facility in Tatu City Special Economic Zone in Nairobi will be the largest, most superior and environment friendly in the region. The cold chain facility is flexibly designed to cater for quite a few temperature ranges from +26 to -40 C and a number of product ranges, from recent fruit and greens, to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, meats and poultry, and frozen foods.
Cold Solutions Kenya is a portfolio company of ARCH Cold Chain Solutions East Africa Fund, a personal equity fund advised by ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited (ARCH).
“Cold Solutions’ one-stop-shops are designed to allow companies to keep monitor of products in real-time and facilitate transportation across East Africa via temperature-controlled vehicles, both throughout the inside city or to long-haul destinations,” stated Jared Irving, Managing Director, ARCH.
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The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that over 40% of meals in Sub-Saharan Africa perishes earlier than it reaches a consumer. This may be as excessive as 60% for contemporary produce in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Chris Barron, Kenya Country Head for Rendeavour, Tatu City’s owner and developer, says, “We are delighted to welcome Cold Solutions’ transformational chilly storage complicated to Tatu Industrial Park, which is house to greater than 50 Kenyan, East African and multi-national companies building best-in-class amenities in Kenya’s first operational Special Economic Zone.”
เกจวัดแรงดัน1บาร์ is a 5,000-acre, mixed-use growth with properties, faculties, places of work, a shopping district, medical clinics, nature areas, a sport and entertainment complex, and manufacturing space for more than 150,000 residents and tens of 1000’s of day guests. Schools and companies are already open at Tatu City, and a spread of properties suits all incomes. Tatu City represents a new way of life and considering for all Kenyans, creating a novel live, work and play surroundings that’s free from traffic congestion and long-distance commuting.
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