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Born in Rwanda, pan-Africa and global in vision

ACES represents a significant milestone in our collective journey towards a sustainable, equitable, and resilient food and health systems for Africa. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions, ACES will empower farmers, healthcare workers, and stakeholders across various sectors to mitigate losses, enhance resilience, and promote sustainable development.

Rwanda Minister of the Environment

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The build - The programme was born...

The programme was designed as “Born in Rwanda, pan-Africa and global in vision” with phase 1 – the build – which included:

  • The design and development of the framework, toolkits, training materials, etc;
  • ACES acting as the African reference and knowledge development “Hub”;
  • The first SPOKE in Kenya, led by the Africa Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), which acts as the reference SPOKE and support team for roll-out into other Africa markets.

Current - Successful roll-out in Africa

With the successful roll-out of the programme in Kenya;

  • Three further SPOKE's are now in development across, Rwanda, Senegal and Lesotho
  • The model has been replicated in India, in design with the Governments of Haryana and Telangana, delivering a Centre of Excellence in Haryana.

The Future - Global mobilisation

The Clean Cooling Network roll-out will move into its second main phase in 2025, expanding across other African markets along with Malaysia and Brazil, delivering Centres of Excellence and SPOKE's as required.

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Continual growth

Progressing the build of the online knowledge platform enables us to tie together all the knowledge sources and wealth of stakeholders resulting in, the Clean Cooling Network, offering:

  • News & events across the Clean Cooling Network.
  • Courses offering training and professional development within the Clean Cooling Academy.
  • Toolkits and models to help analyse cold-chain requirements, implementation strategies and strategies.
  • Publications from the Clean Cooling international academics, including scientific research and analysis.
  • Jobs. Join our team of 60+ employees and work with at ACES, in Rwanda, or one of our other locations.

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