InspiraFarms

InspiraFarms is a cold chain technology company founded in 2012, with its main office in Nairobi, Kenya, and additional teams in London, Paris and Singapore. It was created to cut fresh produce and protein losses caused by the near-absence of refrigeration across African food supply chains, where only a small share of harvests ever enters a cold chain.

The company designs, installs, finances and services modular cold rooms, pre-coolers, packhouses, freezer rooms and small slaughterhouses that run on grid power, solar or a hybrid of both, and since 2022 it has also offered retrofit kits for existing cold storage. Customers are agribusinesses, exporters, third-party logistics providers and food distributors handling fruit, vegetables, flowers and animal protein, and the company has deployed more than 150 installations across 15 African countries.

1. Modular cold rooms: Prefabricated walk-in cold rooms and pre-coolers sized for farms, packhouses and export hubs.

2. Solar and hybrid power: Runs on grid, solar or hybrid energy, keeping cold chains working through unreliable power supply.

3. Retrofit kits: Upgrades existing cold storage infrastructure with efficient components since 2022.

4. Financing support: Structures financing so agribusinesses can access cold storage without large upfront capital.

5. Installation and maintenance: Provides after-sale servicing and maintenance across its installed base.

6. Pan-African footprint: Operates more than 150 installations across 15 African countries.