How Kenya is turning farm losses into a cold chain investment opportunity

How Kenya is turning farm losses into a cold chain investment opportunity

Inadequate cold chain logistics is one of the constraints on Kenya's high-value sectors, from horticulture and dairy to meat and pharmaceuticals. The scale of the underlying loss problem is hard to ignore. A 2025 World Resources Institute Africa study estimates that food loss and waste cost Kenya KES 72 billion ($578 million) a year, with 30 to 40 percent of food produced never reaching the consumer. Cold chain is not the only driver of those lo…