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Stories from the cold chain.

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Keep IT Cool Wins Prestigious Earthshot Prize in 2024

Keep IT Cool Wins Prestigious Earthshot Prize in 2024

HRH Prince William named Keep IT Cool the Earthshot Prize winner in the Build a Waste-Free World category, a £1 million boost to scale our solutions and impact.

3 December 2024

Keep IT Cool expands cold chain to East Africa coastal cities

Keep IT Cool expands cold chain to East Africa coastal cities

Keep IT Cool marked a major milestone by entering into a strategic partnership with DP World, a Founding Partner of the Earthshot Prize, to strengthen cold-chain infrastructure and reduce post-harvest losses al...

Keep IT Cool Launches the Markiti Mini App on M-PESA

Keep IT Cool Launches the Markiti Mini App on M-PESA

Through our partnership with Safaricom PLC and M-PESA, Markiti is now available directly inside the M-PESA App, connecting producers to reliable markets with secure digital payments.

Keep IT Cool Expands Solar-Powered Cold Chain Network in Northern Kenya

Keep IT Cool Expands Solar-Powered Cold Chain Network in Northern Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya – Keep IT Cool is expanding its solar-powered cold chain and market access solutions in Northern Kenya, strengthening food systems...

Expanding Sustainable Livelihoods in Turkana County

Expanding Sustainable Livelihoods in Turkana County

Since mid-2022, Keep IT Cool has maintained an active presence in Turkana County, working closely with host communities along Lake Turkana. Through our aggre...

Tupo Site: Keep IT Cool is coming to a town near you!

Tupo Site: Keep IT Cool is coming to a town near you!

We’re excited to announce the launch of new distribution hubs as part of our ambitious expansion strategy—a major step toward making white meat more accessible while promoting food security through inclusive an...

Scaling Sustainability: Keep IT Cool’s Solar-Powered Hub to Transform Food Storage & Distribution

Scaling Sustainability: Keep IT Cool’s Solar-Powered Hub to Transform Food Storage & Distribution

Karura, Kenya – 31st March 2025 Kenya’s poultry and fish industries face significant post-harvest losses due to inadequate cold storage and inefficient logistics. Smallholder farmers and fishers struggle...

Building a Waste-Free World: Keep IT Cool Named Earthshot Prize Finalist!

Building a Waste-Free World: Keep IT Cool Named Earthshot Prize Finalist!

Newyork , USA – 24th September 2024 We’re thrilled to announce that Keep IT Cool has been selected as one of the top 3 finalists for the fourth annual Earthshot Prize in the “Build a Waste-free World” category...

US Government Funding Boosts KeepITCool’s Expansion in East Africa’s Fish Value Chain

US Government Funding Boosts KeepITCool’s Expansion in East Africa’s Fish Value Chain

Nairobi, Kenya – 28th September 2023 2023 has been an exciting fundraising year for Keep IT Cool! We are thrilled to announce that funding has been secured from the US Government and other investors inclu...

Keep IT Cool to accelerate their East Africa expansion

Keep IT Cool to accelerate their East Africa expansion

Kigali, Rwanda – 7th September 2022 Keep IT Cool is delighted to announce that it has received financial support commitment from Rockefeller Foundation, Google for Startups , and Shell Foundation (follow-...

Keep IT Cool and Denso (Japan) sign an MoU to pilot a new last-mile cold chain solution

Keep IT Cool and Denso (Japan) sign an MoU to pilot a new last-mile cold chain solution

Nairobi – 6th June 2022 – We are delighted to announce that Keep IT Cool and Denso (Japan) have partnered to develop and pilot a new last-mile cold chain solution for motorbikes and vans. The partne...

How Keep IT Cool and Shell Foundation cold-chain program is transforming lives

How Keep IT Cool and Shell Foundation cold-chain program is transforming lives

Many Kenyans make their living via the fish value chain, but its growth potential is limited by high post-harvest losses caused in a large part by lack of food cold chain infrastructure, which is in turn constr...

Keep IT Cool hosts UK and Kenya government officials

Keep IT Cool hosts UK and Kenya government officials

Wednesday, 30th March 2022 Nairobi, Kenya – We were honored to host officials of the Kenyan and UK governments in one of the distribution hubs in Nairobi. The delegation included Cabinet Secretary for ICT...

Keep IT Cool Launches New Distribution Centre

Keep IT Cool Launches New Distribution Centre

Wednesday, 9th March 2022: Our scaling journey has started, the Operations team led by Abigail Gachigi launched our second cold-chain distribution hub(Sambaza Hub) in Kenya, with this new investment we have inc...

Keep IT Cool unlocks more funding to support small scale fisherfolks

Keep IT Cool unlocks more funding to support small scale fisherfolks

Nairobi, Kenya 6th August 2021: The impact of COVID-19 on the local fish supply chain continues to be felt across the value chain, fisherfolks are struggling to sell as fish traders are struggling to offtake f...

Meeting with European Council’s President during his visit to Kenya

Meeting with European Council’s President during his visit to Kenya

Tuesday, 9th March 2021: The President of the European Council, His Excellency Charles Michel, made a courtesy visit to Kenya Climate Innovation Centre (KCIC) to witness at first hand the progress and impact of...

Keep IT Cool Selected as a Shell Foundation CASEE Partner

Keep IT Cool Selected as a Shell Foundation CASEE Partner

Nairobi, Kenya 29th January 2021: Keep IT Cool (Raino Tech4Impact) is pleased to announce new funding from Shell Foundation, a UK charity that supports businesses delivering energy access solutions to low-inco...