On 29 January 2026, GCCA’s Sara Stickler and Shane Brennan were joined by an expert panel to provide insight into how the big trends shaping global trade and regulatory policy are impacting the cold chain, and how the Alliance is taking action to achieve positive outcomes for member businesses.
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By Paul Matthew, Global Cold Chain Alliance director for Africa
The growth of temperature-controlled logistics across Africa is reducing post-harvest food loss, increasing the resilience of the continent’s food supply chain, boosting trade, creating new jobs and improving healthcare.
By Eamonn Ryan
This webinar titled ‘Strengthening the Cold Chain: Analysis and Recommendations for West Africa’, focused on current cold chain conditions and future opportunities in Ghana, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), it featured a panel of global and regional cold chain experts with deep operational, technical and policy experience. The panel included:
Together, these speakers brought perspectives spanning cold storage operations, logistics, engineering, energy systems, investment, and international development programming.
This is part one of an eight-part series, and this section introduces the GCCA webinar, outlines its objectives, and presents the expert panel while framing the importance of strengthening cold chain systems in West Africa.
Read More »Setting the stage for cold chain development in West Africa
By Eamonn Ryan
This series is based on a joint GCCA–IFC webinar on the topic Cold Chain Insights in Emerging Markets, moderated by Amanda Brondy (GCCA), with contributions from Harsh Gupta, Cold Chain Lead, IFC; Rusmir Music, Global Cooling Lead, IFC; Selcuk Tanatar, TechEmerge Lead, IFC; Sunil Nair, Cooling Markets Lead India, GCCA; and Adam Thocher, Senior VP of Global Programs, GCCA.
This is part two of an eight-part series with this first part covering the topic: Effective cold chain development depends on the combination of IFC’s financing capacity and GCCA’s industry expertise.
Read More »The complementary roles of IFC and GCCA in scaling cold chains
By Eamonn Ryan
The Global Cold Chain Foundation (GCCF) is making significant strides in addressing food waste worldwide through its food waste reduction initiative, launched in 2022.
Read More »GCCF drives global food waste reduction through cold chain expertise
By Eamonn Ryan
The Global Cold Chain Foundation (GCCF) recently hosted an in-depth webinar highlighting their ongoing international projects aimed at strengthening cold chain infrastructure in Central America as well as Central and West Africa.
Read More »GCCF expands cold chain expertise across central and west Africa
By Eamonn Ryan
The 4th annual conference of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) for Africa was held on 21 August 2025 in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal.
By Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) director for Africa Paul Matthew
It was a pleasure to spend a fantastic two days with temperature-controlled logistics leaders from across Africa at our 2025 GCCA Africa Cold Chain Conference in Durban.
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The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is highlighting key skills for the temperature-controlled supply chain of the future, as it supports World Refrigeration Day.
Read More »GCCA promotes skills for cold chain of the future on World Refrigeration Day 2025
GCCA Africa Advisory Council chair Renier du Preez and vice chair Newton Matope tell us about GCCA’s strategic plan in 2025.
Read More »GCCA Africa Council outlines planfor cold chain growth, food security