Eja-Ice
The company participated in a number of TechEmerge pilots which are described below. More data on the pilot experience is available from the report "TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling Innovation Program: Results and Lessons Learned".
Solutions
The solution adopts the use of locally assembled tricycles with widely available parts for easy maintenance, along with a solar-powered system that powers a cooling unit housed within a cooling box embedded on the tricycle. The product also benefits from aggregated data to inform timely operation management.
Related pilots
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Grocedy / Eja-Ice
Eja-Ice is piloting end-to-end solar-powered cold chain solutions, including cold rooms, chest freezers, and a refrigerated van with Worldbay Technologies, which owns the e-commerce retailer Grocedy in Nigeria.
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Farm to Feed / Eja-Ice, Greentech and Purix
Kenya’s Farm to Feed is a digitally enabled aggregator that sources imperfect and surplus produce from farmers.
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Fan Milk and Eja-Ice
Nigerian solar-powered refrigeration and cold chain services innovator Eja-Ice is partnering with Fan Milk to improve the distribution of milk, yogurt, and other dairy products, particularly at the last mile, using a solar-powered cooling unit mounted on a tricycle.
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Food Concepts and Eja-Ice
Nigerian solar-powered refrigeration and cold chain services innovator Eja-Ice is partnering with Food Concepts, a quick service restaurant and retail chain company, to field test the use of a solar-powered cooling unit mounted on a tricycle to deliver frozen ingredients to more than 100 fast food outlets across Nigeria.
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L&Z Integrated Farms and Eja-Ice
Nigerian innovator Eja-Ice is partnering with one of Nigeria’s top dairy producers, L&Z Integrated Farms, to pilot the use of a solar-powered cooling unit mounted on a tricycle for last mile distribution. They will field test the transport of frozen items between L&Z’s eight depots and retailers nationwide.
