DP World has opened Rwanda’s first fully-fledged 500 sq m cold storage in Kigali, which is designed to help “pave the way” for growth in the country’s agricultural sector.
The aim is to help farmers who have been expanding their produce beyond tea and coffee to export a range of vegetables and fruits to the international market.
Jean-Bosco Songa, a vegetable export using DP World’s new facilities, said: “We believe that the new cold storage facility will dynamically assist Rwanda in promoting its exports for perishable goods to meet market demand while facilitating the market entry of new customers for our business through land and sea, as we were limited to air freight facilities in the past.”
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