The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold-Chain Challenge is a global competition to identify the most energy-efficient, sustainable, and affordable technologies that can meet the diverse cold storage requirements for fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meat, and fish in off-grid areas. The Challenge is open to organizations that have deployed – or plan to deploy – off-grid walk-in cold storage containers in the following priority countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The Challenge aims to stimulate the commercial market and catalyse further design innovation for these technologies, which are essential to improving livelihoods for smallhold farmers and strengthening agricultural value chains. 
The Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge is divided into two stages, and each stage features a package of benefits for participants. Ten (10) Stage 1 Finalists will receive a cash prize of £10, 000 each and up to four (4) Stage 2 category Winners will receive innovation prizes of £37,500. Winners and Finalists will also be included in a global promotional campaign and have the opportunity to participate in invitation-only networking events. 
Nominations close next Friday, 25^th May 2018. Participation is free and you can submit your nominations online: https://bit.ly/2rORCaz 
If your organization is interested in participating but would like more information about the Challenge and the nominations process, we encourage you to sign up for an informational webinar on Monday, 21^st May. Please also feel free to contact OGCCC@GLobalLEAP.org with questions about program eligibility and timeline.   
The Global LEAP Off-Grid Cold Chain Challenge is part of Ideas to Impact, a programme implemented by IMC Worldwide and funded by UK Aid delivered by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).