Lugbene ColdChain is building solar-powered, distributed cold-chain infrastructure for underserved seafood and agrifood producers — helping reduce post-harvest losses, improve product quality and connect producers to higher-value markets.
Explore our solution →Perishable food producers can lose value when reliable cold storage, ice, processing and market access are unavailable. In coastal and rural communities, the challenge is not only production — it is preserving the product long enough to reach the right buyer.
Limited access to dependable temperature-controlled storage and ice.
Perishable products face quality deterioration when preservation is delayed.
Small producers often struggle to aggregate volume and reach reliable B2B buyers.
Lugbene combines renewable energy, cold storage, ice, processing and distribution into a connected service designed around the needs of producers and buyers.
Reliable temperature-controlled storage supported by solar and battery systems.
Ice and aggregation services close to production and landing communities.
Cleaning, grading, smoking, freezing and packaging to improve product value.
Connecting aggregated products with wholesalers, restaurants, hotels and other B2B buyers.
Fishers, fish farmers and selected agrifood producers bring products into the network.
Products are collected, iced, weighed, graded and stored under controlled conditions.
Selected products are processed and packaged to meet buyer requirements.
Aggregated supply moves to higher-value urban and institutional markets.
Our initial focus is seafood and aquaculture in Rivers State, where strong production activity and cold-chain needs create an opportunity to test a repeatable model.
Over time, Lugbene aims to expand the model across other perishable agrifood categories and African markets, combining physical cold-chain infrastructure with a digital layer for storage, inventory, collection and market coordination.
Help more perishable food reach consumers in usable condition.
Give producers more options for preservation, aggregation and market access.
Use solar-powered infrastructure to reduce dependence on diesel for cold-chain operations.
Create opportunities in processing, cold-chain operations, logistics and technology.
Wisdom is building Lugbene ColdChain from Rivers State, Nigeria, with a focus on practical infrastructure solutions for producers and communities across the Niger Delta.
His background includes logistics, operations, security, hospitality and customer-facing roles, alongside his studies in History and Diplomatic Studies at the University of Port Harcourt.
Email: wisdomkinanee3@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Wisdom Kinanee
Lugbene ColdChain is currently in the pre-launch and validation stage. We are developing partnerships with producers, buyers, technology providers and investors who want to help build resilient food infrastructure in Africa.
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