Cool Mangoes 

Partners: Farmer Charlie (Uk), Cool Lions (Côte D'Ivoire)

Country: Côte d'Ivoire

Technology: Sustainable cooling

Stage: Early

Stage: 9

The Cool Mangoes project addresses the critical issue of cool storage of horticultural produce in Côte d’Ivoire, lowering waste due to fruit flight attacks and the perishable nature of the product.

Farmer Charlie (UK) and Cool Lions (Côte d’Ivoire) are partnering to develop an optimised digitally informed cooling solution for cooperatives. Containers will be available to cooperatives under a rent-to-own economically efficient model. In turn, cooperatives will then sell cooling capacity to farmers through a cost-effective, pay-as-you-store model. 

The project will validate our innovative cooling-as-a-service solution. On the digital front, containers are equipped with a remote door-lock system and sensors used to measure external temperature and provide a way for “just-in-time” cool storage, which will provide further opportunities for farmers to sell their produces at the best price, later, while lowering the 20-40% post-harvest wastes.