Kold provides affordable cold storage solutions and a convenient, reliable cold chain in Rwanda for meat, fruit, vegetables, and drinks. Our PCM cooler boxes hold a steady cold band for 24+ hours with no power, no fuel, and no capital cost, so vendors, butchers, distributors, and delivery businesses keep the cold chain unbroken from pickup all the way to the customer.
Phase change material packs, frozen once, hold a steady cold band through a full trading day and overnight.
No compressor, no grid connection, no generator, no fuel. Power cuts change nothing.
The same box holds cold in the field, in any ordinary vehicle, and at the stall, so the cold chain never breaks.
A small daily or weekly fee instead of a capital project, with free PCM swaps so you need no freezer of your own.
Every product has its own cold band, and getting it wrong costs as much as no cold at all. Here is what each group needs, and a full guide for each.
Hold at 0°C to 4°C
Meat is the least forgiving product in any cold chain: above 5°C, bacteria multiply fast and shelf life collapses. Butchers and meat vendors need an unbroken cold band from the abattoir to the sale, which a PCM box holds off-grid and keeps dry, unlike ice.
How to keep meat cold without electricityTropical fruit: 8°C to 13°C
Fruit is the one product where colder is not better. Bananas blacken below 12°C and mangoes lose flavour if chilled too hard. A steady chilled band slows ripening without causing the chilling injury a domestic fridge inflicts.
The right cold storage for each fruitGreens and roots: 0°C to 4°C
Leafy greens can wilt within hours of sun and stop selling at any price. Greens and roots want real cold, while tomatoes and peppers want 8°C to 12°C. Fast pre-cooling matters as much as the storage itself.
How to keep vegetables fresh longerHold at 4°C to 8°C
For drinks, cold is not preservation, it is the product. Ice lasts about three hours and soaks the labels off. A PCM box keeps beer, soda, water, and juice properly cold and dry for a full trading day or a whole event.
How to keep drinks cold all day off-grid| Solution | Upfront cost | Electricity | Portable | In a power cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk-in cold room | Very high | Continuous | No | Fails completely |
| Fridge or freezer | Moderate | Continuous | No | Fails completely |
| Ice cooler | Low | None | Yes | Melts in hours |
| Kold PCM cooler box | None (rented) | None | Yes | Unaffected |
For a full breakdown of each option, read the best cold storage solutions in Rwanda and what affordable cooling really costs.
One vendor's daily stock, a delivery round, or a butcher's counter stock.
A full market stall, a busy butchery, or a full day of deliveries.
Bulk transport, cooperatives, distributors, and event drink volumes.
An off-grid PCM cooler box. Reusable phase change material packs, frozen once, hold an insulated box in a steady cold band for 24+ hours with no power at all, so power cuts are irrelevant and the box travels with your stock. It is the most convenient way to run a reliable cold chain in Rwanda, and unlike ice it lasts a full day and keeps produce dry.
Kold rents PCM cooler boxes in 50L, 120L, and 270L sizes on a daily or weekly basis, with free PCM swaps at our kiosks so you never need your own freezer. We also offer overnight cold storage, and the same boxes provide cold transport in any ordinary vehicle.
Yes, provided you respect each product's cold band and keep them separated. Meat needs 0°C to 4°C, drinks 4°C to 8°C, leafy greens and roots 0°C to 4°C, and tropical fruit 8°C to 13°C. Keep strong ethylene producers like bananas away from greens, and raw meat sealed and separate.
A rented off-grid PCM cooler box. A cold room means a large upfront build plus a permanent electricity bill, while Kold's boxes are rented daily or weekly, so affordable cold storage costs you nothing in capital, no power bill, and no fuel. That also makes it the most affordable cold chain in Rwanda, because you pay only on the days you need cold. Contact Kold on +250 791 356 080 for current rental rates.
Only for full loads over long or multi day journeys, or for frozen product that must stay below minus 18°C. For journeys measured in hours, a PCM cooler box holds the cold chain for 24+ hours inside any ordinary van, pickup, or motorbike, with no reefer unit and no fuel burn.
Kold operates from 1 KN 78 St, Norrsken House, Kigali, and rents PCM cooler boxes across Rwanda. Message +250 791 356 080 on WhatsApp, email info@kold.company, or book a demo through this website.
Kold rents PCM cooler boxes across Rwanda from its base at Norrsken House in Kigali. Tell us what you sell and how much of it, and we will size a box to it.