What's New

At the Clean Cooling Network our team are continually working and publishing features, opinions, and facts related to clean cooling and the cold-chain. Take a birds-eye view of what's been happening recently across the network.

Features & opinion from By Degrees

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  A Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Perspective for International Women’s Day

  8th Mar 2026 - Odile MUKESHIMANA ACES Women in Agriculture GESI
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  Rwandan entrepreneur says ACES is breaking down “the biggest challenges” for African tech start-ups.

  2nd Mar 2026 - Raphael Henry Technology Innovation & Demonstration Entrepreneurs & Innovators ACES
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  New Faces at ACES: Odile Mukeshimana, Diane Benimana and Juvenal Djangwani

  9th Feb 2026 - ACES Training Academic
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  Impact of raising frozen food temperature by 3°C on cold-chain sustainability

  4th Feb 2026 Africa Academic ACES Frozen Food
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  “I came to ACES with my child to learn more about cold-chain”

  2nd Feb 2026 - Training Entrepreneurs & Innovators Cold-chain A Day in the Life ACES
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  "My training is helping me in my work": ACES students encourage others to join courses

  29th Jan 2026 - Capacity Building & Training Training Case Study

News articles

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  Rwanda’s MPs visit ACES

  26th Feb 2026 - Cedrick Leon IGIRANEZA Critical Infrastructure Refrigeration Green Technology ACES
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  J&E Hall International Gold Medal won by Judith Evans

  24th Feb 2026
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  ACES Inspires the Next Generation of Women in STEM Through Sustainable Cooling

  16th Feb 2026 - Schools Training ACES GESI
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  ACES has become officially F-Gas Registered

  21st Jan 2026
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  ACES & RBC sign MoU on vaccine security and cold-chains in Rwanda

  19th Jan 2026 Rwanda One Health & Resilience Vaccines ACES
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  ACES announces first courses of 2026

  15th Jan 2026 - Training ACES

Events & webinars

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  ACES Supplier Event

  23rd September 2024 at 13:00 CEST
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  Cooling as Critical Infrastructure to Survive and Thrive - with Dr Tim Fox

  22nd August 2024 at 13:00 CEST Basic Critical Infrastructure
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  Cold-chain through the lens of GESI - with Asha Singh

  25th September 2024 at 14:00 CEST
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  Viable Cold-Chain Business Models

  14th November 2024 at 13:00 CET
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  Cold-Chain Design Model For Developing Markets

  15th October 2024 at 14:00 CEST
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  Conducive Policy Environments For Cold-Chains

  3rd October 2024 at 13:00 CEST

Picture of the week

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  Picture of the Week: Transporting Bananas in the Rainy Season

  13th Mar 2026 Photography
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  Picture of the Week: Street Vendor in Rwanda

  6th Mar 2026 ACES Training
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  Picture of the Week: 2026 Training Courses Underway

  27th Feb 2026 ACES Training
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  Picture of the Week: Delegation from the Rwandan Government visits ACES

  20th Feb 2026 ACES

Job vacancies

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  Digital Systems & Tech Operations Specialist

  Remote or Office-Based in Kigali, Rwanda - Immediate start Open position
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  Refrigeration Lecturer

  Office-based in Kigali, Rwanda - Immediate start Lecturer Closed position
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  Procurement Specialist

  Office-based in Kigali, Rwanda - 15/01/2026 start ACES Closed position

Training courses

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  Brazing Techniques for Refrigeration Systems

  Technician Refrigeration Brazing
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  Refrigeration Fault Diagnosis & Troubleshooting

  Technician Health & Safety Introductory courses Refrigeration Training
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  Essentials in Food Safety

  Short course Open course Frozen Food Essentials Course