UK and Rwandan Minister tour joint Africa centre for resilient cold-chains
The new UK Minister for Africa, Lord Collins, visited the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) in Kigali, Rwanda during the Africa Food Systems Forum Annual Summit.
Hosted by Rwanda’s Minister of the Environment, the Hon. Dr. Valentine Uwamariya, Lord Collins met with students, saw novel technology in demonstration and heard about the work to use novel digital systems to transform Africa food and vaccine systems in a climate-vulnerable world. He also heard about the collaborative work between UK and Rwanda Health experts through ACES to bring test faster solutions to detect Mpox.
The trip follows on the recent announcement to commit a further £1.8M to the programme. Total UK and Rwanda investment in the programme to date is more than £20m with the Rwandan Government also committing the 4-hectare campus and facilities and further 200 hectare farm. This is supported with funding from industry, FAO, IFC and others.
