Training and Professional Development

Venues

Locations for our training courses

Worldwide training centres from the Clean Cooling network.

Our courses are available to all, at a range of places. Join us at one of the in-country venues, or study online, allowing the CCN to offer full global access to courses.

 

ACES Rubirizi Campus

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 Technopolis

Konza, Kenya

A key flagship project of Kenya’s Vision 2030 economic development portfolio.

HACE Complex

HACE Complex

Panchkula, India

The Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-harvest Management and Cold-Chain, located in Haryana India.

CCN Online Academy

CCN Online Academy

Global Availability

Course content is delivered online via our dedicated Learning Management Platform.

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Upcoming Academy courses

Foundation in Cold-chain - Niarobi, Kenya
1st to 5th December 2025 Niarobi, Kenya
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), who are partners of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold- chain (ACES) invites applications for its next upcoming Foundation in Cold-Chain Training programme.

Foundation in Cold-chain - India
15th to 19th December 2025 HACE, Haryana
A state-of-the-art and first-of-its-kind Haryuna-UK Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-Harvest Management and Cold-Chain (CoE-SPMCC) is being established in Panchkula, Haryuna.

Latest CCN news

CoE-SPMCC team
Launch of a fast-tracked mini Centre of Excellence in Haryana, India

12th Nov 2025

A mini Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-harvest Management and Cold-Chain (CoE-SPMCC) to revolutionise sustainable cooling and cold-chain ecosystems in Haryana, India is being set up.

Haryana Sustainable Food Security Farmers Cold-chain Centre of Excellence Post Harvest Management India Training
A 5-tonne solar-powered cold room removes field heat from fresh produce.
Try Before You Buy

4th Nov 2025

Derisking Cold-Chain Systems to help farmers validate business models in Kenya The uniqueness and advantage of the Try Before You Buy offer is that the associated technology is only introduced after farmers and cooperative leaders have undergone a structured process of engagement, training, and business planning.

Kenya SPOKE Refrigeration TBYB SPOKE
Entrepreneurs at ACES Festival of Cooling
Sustainable Cold-Chain For The Global South 2025

3rd Nov 2025

Investigating how we have set out to holistically understand and cover all bases, from designing food and planning health corridors, future energy strategies, and climate risk mitigations, to pulling value back to farming communities, training engineers and technicians, and understanding overall value. 

Global south Critical Infrastructure Community Cooling Hub SPOKE Centre of Excellence
collecting kale harvest samples
"Born in Rwanda but pan-Africa in Vision": 2026 - Putting words into practice through The ACES SPOKE programme.

31st Oct 2025

Our overarching objective is to combine training, support and technology demonstration to accelerate the deployment of sustainable, resilient and equitable cold-chains across the Global South.

Value addition Training Technology Innovation & Demonstration TBYB Sustainable Development SPOKE Kenya SPOKE Global south Critical Infrastructure Cold-chain ACES
Essentials in Cold-chain systems self paced online learning course from the CCN Academy

Essentials in Cold-chain systems

  • Fully online, self-paced
  • Developed by experts from CCN/ACES and the University of Birmingham
  • For early Cold-chain professionals
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

Thanks to ACES, I am more equipped to drive sustainable transformation in Rwanda’s agriculture sector. I highly encourage other professionals to join these life-changing programmes.

Industry Professional

It's a pleasure for me to join this community to learn more about the cold chain. Thank you for this opportunity to boost my knowledge in this field.

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