The Clean Cooling Academy offers a growing range of educational and professional development courses covering a variety of general and cooling specific topics.
We are working with industry and other partners to develop and deliver a series of training programmes and modules around cooling and cold-chains.
Upcoming courses - Apply now
Fundamental courses
Foundation in Cold-Chain
9th to 13th February 2026, ACES, Kigali
Learn about the cold-chain, refrigeration, postharvest management, and food and pharma requirements in the supply chain.
Go Solar Energy Training
9th to 13th February 2026, ACES, Kigali
Acquire practical skills and knowledge in solar energy systems, including installation, maintenance, and optimisation.
Cold-chain for Global Health
23rd February to 20th March 2026, ACES, Kigali
Gain theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills to design, manage, and troubleshoot cold-chain systems across health, research, and outbreak response settings.
Foundation in Cold-Chain - India
23rd February to 27th February 2026 - India
Gain a solid and comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts, skills, and knowledge required within the food and pharma cold chains.
Essential courses
Essentials in Brazing Techniques for Refrigeration Systems
2nd to 4th February 2026, ACES, Kigali
Learn how to braze, and why it's essential for safety, reliability, and energy efficiency.
Essentials in Cold-chain systems
9th February to 9th April 2026, Online
Gain fundamental knowledge and competencies in clean cooling technologies and their applications across key sectors.
Essentials course on Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
23rd to 25th February 2026, ACES, Kigali
Learn how to identify PCMs for specific applications, analyse results and design basic thermal storage systems incorporating PCMs.
What do our students think
Foundation in Cold-Chain Student
The Foundation in Cold-Chain course opened my eyes to the vital role that energy-efficient, sustainable cold-chains play in reducing post-harvest losses, improving food security, and strengthening Rwanda’s agri-food systems.
Train the Trainer Student
Through the Train the Trainer programme, I gained valuable skills and knowledge in refrigeration, cold chain applications, cooling hub design and the essential business models for food and pharma.
Learning at the CCN Academy
All courses are delivered by experienced specialist practitioners.
Our accredited courses are a mix of fully online, in-person and hybrid. Many of our in-person courses are repeated multiple times a year and run globally in both Africa and India. In 2025, we launched our first fully online course. Through 2026, we will expand and deliver a learning programme from Essential training right through to Higher Education courses.
ACES Rubirizi Campus
Kigali, Rwanda
The Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) is ideally situated in the capital of Kigali.
Konza Technopolis
Konza, Kenya
A key flagship project of Kenya’s Vision 2030 economic development portfolio.
HACE Complex
Panchkula, India
The Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-harvest Management and Cold-Chain, located in Haryana India.
CCN Online Academy
Global Availability
Course content is delivered online via our dedicated Learning Management Platform.
A key objective running through the core of our activities will be integrating women and youth into our training platforms and maintaining one of our core initiatives to promote Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) through both the delivery and running of our training programmes.
Featured Courses
Essential courses are core for anyone looking to understand the fundamentals of clean cooling.
These are great to kick-start your learning and professional development. With the following all open for application, find out more and apply now.
Go Solar Energy Training
Solar energy plays a crucial role in powering sustainable and off-grid solutions for various applications, including agriculture, cold-chain management, and rural electrification.
Essentials in Cold-chain systems
This is an online introduction course designed to equip participants with fundamental knowledge and competencies in clean cooling technologies and their applications across key sectors.
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Essentials course on Phase Change Materials (PCMs)
This four and a half day essential course is designed to balance theory and hands-on practical experiments on Phase Change Materials both on-site at the ACES Rubirizi campus and online.
Essentials in Brazing Techniques for Refrigeration Systems Course
This course teaches not only how to braze, but why it's essential for safety, reliability, and energy efficiency. With the right training, you'll gain a valuable skill that lowers maintenance costs, extends equipment life, and sets you apart as a skilled professional in a high-demand field.
Latest CCN Academy news
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2025 in Review: Advancing One Health through Sustainable Cold-Chains and Vaccines31st Dec 2025 - Jean Pierre Musabyimana Training One Health Vaccines Vaccine Cold-chain One Health & Resilience -
Empowerment in action: strengthening communities through training in 202530th Dec 2025 - Dr. Natalia Falagan Refrigeration Training GESI ACES Capacity Building & Training Solar -
ACES Wins at the LSBU Research and Innovation Festival15th Dec 2025 Training ACES Festival of Cooling Learning -
Launch of a fast-tracked mini Centre of Excellence in Haryana, India12th Nov 2025 Training Sustainable Postharvest Management India Haryana Food Security Farmers Cold-chain Centre of Excellence
