Ariane Orly

[The New Times (Rwanda) @NewTimesRwanda]

𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

“The Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (@ACES_Cooling) grew out of the 2016 Kigali Amendment on climate-damaging refrigerants and #Rwanda’s National Cooling Strategy. Working with the Centre for Sustainable Cooling at the University of Birmingham, the Governments of #Rwanda and the United Kingdom established ACES at the University of #Rwanda’s Rubirizi Campus.”

“A cold room alone is not a cold chain. A functioning cold chain requires correctly selected equipment, reliable energy, trained technicians, proper handling of food and health products, viable demand, disciplined management, market access and a business model that pays operating and maintenance costs. If one of these elements fails, the asset may remain idle or operate below capacity. ACES therefore develops the human, technical and institutional capabilities that must surround physical infrastructure.”

✍️🏾: Dr Richard Kabanda

https://t.co/hlxvmdCKBC

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR COLD CHAIN FOR GLOBAL HEALTH COURSE

❄️ Are you a professional in public health, immunisation, laboratory systems, engineering, or health logistics?

📌 Join this course to build skills in designing and managing resilient cold-chain systems for global health.

We have two upcoming cohorts:
🗓️5–30 October 2026 — apply before 29 September; 🗓️9 November–4 December 2026 — apply before 26 October

Please indicate which date suits you in your application.📝Apply by email to [email protected]
🌐More about the course: https://t.co/CR6uJTUBT2

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“This course was designed to enhance your ability to navigate complex and sometimes, seemingly impossible situations. There are, however, certain qualities that it cannot give you that you must personally cultivate.

The first is courage. You will not always have guarantees, and for some, this can create paralysis. Courage is what enables a leader to act decisively despite uncertainty and competing pressures.

The second is judgement. As your responsibilities increase, so will the consequences of your decisions. Good judgement is developed through experience, collaboration and the humility to learn from mistakes and adjust course when necessary.

The third is purpose, which comes from knowing precisely what you are fighting for. For Rwanda, that purpose is anchored in protecting our people and sovereignty, while advancing the continued transformation of our country.” President Kagame

President Kagame, Commander-in-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force, presided over the graduation of 108 Senior Officers from Rwanda and across the continent and beyond, who formed the 14th intake of the Senior Command and Staff Course, at RDF Command and Staff College, Nyakinama.

[Ariane Orly @orlhyna]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Ariane Orly @orlhyna]

@Muzungu4 @trinityexpress_ @VolcanoLtd There must have been a change cause early January I travelled from Kampala to Kigali with Volcano and it was 90,000 UGX as well.

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

🎥 🎓 The best part of a graduation isn’t the certificate. It’s hearing what the cohort takes home with them.

As Cohort 3 of Cold-Chain for Global Health comes to a close, we asked two of our students to share what this programme meant to them, and how they’ll apply it in their work.

🗣️ Chantal Ingabire, a Veterinarian, Animal Health Sector: Chantal’s key takeaway is how central cold-chain systems are to maintaining vaccine potency across both human and animal health. She plans to improve cold-chain practices at her workplace, starting with her own habits, then encouraging her colleagues to do the same.

🗣️ Brian Rugamba, Biotechnologist & Botanist: Brian came in expecting a narrow topic and left realising cold-chain is an essential shield that cuts across health, agriculture, and manufacturing. He intends to strengthen storage practices at his workplace.

🔹 Two sectors. One lesson: a strong cold-chain protects more than products, it protects health, livelihoods, and lives.

👉 Want to join the next cohort? Visit https://t.co/5H07Y7O227

#ACES #ColdChain #GlobalHealth #StudentVoices #VaccineColdChain #Rwanda #Africa

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

🚨 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS🚨

📦 Cold-Chain for Global Health course.

❄️ Reliable cold-chains protect vaccines, biological materials, and life-saving health systems.

🧑‍⚕️🏥 Are you a professional in public health, immunisation, laboratory systems, engineering, or health logistics?

📌 Join this hybrid course to build skills in designing and managing resilient cold-chain systems for global health.

📖 We have two upcoming Cohorts. Please indicate which date is suitable for you in your application.

📅 27 April – 22 May 2026 
📅 25 May – 29 June 2026

📍ACES Rubirizi Campus, Kigali + Online, 2 weeks in person, 2 weeks online

📝 Apply by email to [email protected] before 10 April 2026  and 18 May 2026 respectively.

🔗 Read more about the course: https://t.co/CR6uJTUBT2

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

🚨 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS🚨

📦 Cold-Chain for Global Health course

❄️ Reliable cold-chains protect the health of people, animals and ecosystems by preserving vaccines, diagnostics, biological materials and nutrition-sensitive products that sustain resilient health systems in the face of environmental and climate change.

⚠️ Are you a professional in human health, animal health, environmental health, immunisation, laboratory systems, biomedical sciences, engineering, logistics, supply chain, policy or related fields working at the intersection of health and ecosystem resilience?

📌 Join this hybrid course to build skills in designing and managing resilient cold-chain systems for global health through a One Health approach.

��� 23rd March – 27th April 2026

📍 ACES Rubirizi Campus, Kigali + Online
2 weeks in person (Week 1 & Week 4) | 2 weeks online (Weeks 2 & 3)

📝 Apply by email to [email protected]
before March 8th, 2026

🔗 Read more about the course: https://t.co/YIfxkb5cBN

[Rwanda Biomedical Centre @RBCRwanda]

Today RBC and @ACES_Cooling inked a strategic partnership to strengthen research and capacity development for sustainable vaccine security and critical cold-chain systems, within an integrated #OneHealth approach in #Rwanda.

Through this collaboration, RBC and ACES will work together to:

✅Strengthen vaccine security and national cold-chain systems through integrated and systems-level interventions and their modelling;

✅ Promote nutritional health and food security by supporting sustainable food systems and reducing food loss and waste;

✅Develop, pilot, and integrate climate-resilient cooling technologies and practices that mitigate climate-related risks to health and food systems.

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

Today, the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) convened leading experts, regulators, universities, and industry partners in Kigali for the External Review & Validation Workshop of the Master of Science in Clean Cooling, a decisive step in building Rwanda’s and Africa’s clean cooling workforce.

Across the continent, cooling systems remain underdeveloped, not because solutions do not exist, but because skilled professionals, standards, and locally adapted curricula have not kept pace with rising demand. This gap continues to undermine vaccine delivery, food security, and climate resilience at a time when Africa’s cooling needs are projected to triple by 2050.

To address this, ACES is validating Africa’s first Master of Science in Clean Cooling, a pioneering degree programme designed to be academically rigorous, labour-market relevant, and globally competitive, while being firmly rooted in African climatic and operational realities.

During the workshop, experts reviewed the programme structure, learning outcomes, assessment approaches, and industry alignment to ensure graduates are equipped to design, operate, regulate, and scale clean cooling systems across sectors.

The MSc integrates One Health, refrigeration engineering, renewable energy, post-harvest systems, business models, and regulation, creating a single professional pathway for systems change across health, food, and climate sectors.

At the conclusion of this process, ACES will submit a fully validated and industry-endorsed programme to Rwanda’s Higher Education Council, laying the academic foundation for Africa’s clean cooling economy.

Opening the workshop, Professor Toby Peters, Founding Director of ACES, underscored the urgency of this work:

“Without skilled professionals who understand engineering, health systems, climate science, and business models as a single system, Africa will remain dependent on imported technologies not designed for African conditions.

This MSc is designed to produce practitioners who can design, operate, regulate, and scale clean-cooling systems across the continent.

This programme is not about certificates. It is about systems change. It is about building the human infrastructure that allows Africa to protect its vaccines, preserve its food, reduce emissions, and create green employment.”

#CleanCooling #HigherEducation #GreenJobs #OneHealth #ClimateAction

[@Iriba News @iribanews]

Africas Vaccine safety in focus as Rwanda hosts high-level symposium - https://t.co/1J5w71VE0V

@RBCRwanda @ACES_Cooling @ACESRwanda #VaccineSymposium2025

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

📌 Healthy livestock ensure food security, income, and community wellbeing.

Vaccinating animals against disease means fewer human infections, more stable markets, and stronger rural economies.

🔗 Join experts linking animal health to sustainable development.

Register now: https://t.co/nXCJW41eAo

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

✍️ 🇷🇼 PRESS RELEASE: Rwanda Hosts Vaccine Cold-Chain Symposium to Strengthen Africa’s Health Systems

💉 Today, ACES, in collaboration with @RBCRwanda, @RwandaAgri, through @RwandaAgriBoard and @unibirmingham, launched a One Health event, the 2025 Vaccine Cold-Chain Symposium in Kigali under the theme “Building the Next Generation of Vaccine Cold Chain for Africa.” #VaccineSymposium2025

Read more ⬇️ ⬇️

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

Dr. Isabelle Mukagatare, Head of Biomedical Services at @RBCRwanda, underscored a crucial message: “Africa’s future health security depends on resilient, climate-ready vaccine cold-chain systems.”

She emphasized that vaccines save lives only when every dose reaches every community safely, despite rising climate disruptions, power instability, and shifting disease patterns.

Her remarks set a strong foundation for the symposium: building systems that protect people, animals, and ecosystems, while giving Africa greater control over its public health future. #VaccineSymposium2025

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

💉In just five days, global and African experts meet in Kigali to chart the future of sustainable vaccine delivery, from solar cold rooms to AI-powered logistics.

Let’s build the next generation of vaccine cold chains together.

🔗 Register now →: https://t.co/nXCJW41eAo #VaccineSymposium2025

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

🌍 As the planet warms, vaccine storage faces new challenges. But clean cooling offers a climate-smart solution.

🤝 At ACES, science and sustainability work hand in hand to build a future where no vaccine is lost to heat.

🔗 Register today [https://t.co/nXCJW41eAo] and join experts advancing climate-smart health solutions.

#vaccinesymposium2025

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

💉 Vaccines are life-saving, but only if they stay cold. A single temperature breach can destroy an entire batch.

🌍 Across Africa, reliable cold chains mean stronger health systems, safer deliveries, and protected futures.

🔗 Be part of the movement strengthening Africa’s vaccine security. #VaccineSymposium2025
Register today [https://t.co/nXCJW41eAo]

[Clean Cooling Network @cleancoolingorg]

Learn how teams of trainees at @ACES_Cooling are applying knowledge they learnt during the "Cold-Chain for Global Health" course – as well as a @ZiplineRwanda visit - to innovative capstone projects aimed at transforming cold-chain systems.

Read more: https://t.co/XnM0QIVudZ

[ACES-Centre for Excellence for Sustainable Cooling @ACES_Cooling]

🤝 Behind every strong health system lies a network of innovators.

ACES, @RBCRwanda, @RwandaAgriBoard, and the @UNiBirmingham are joining forces to advance vaccine cold-chain solutions that protect lives, strengthen systems, and inspire collaboration across borders.

Together, we’re building Africa’s vaccine future, resilient, renewable, and ready.

🔗 Be part of this global collaboration. 
Register now [https://t.co/nXCJW41eAo] for the Vaccine Cold-Chain Symposium 2025. #VaccineSymposium2025

[Dr. Dash @dr_dash250]

In the last few days, a small group of people who mostly haven’t set foot in Rwanda have been busy trying to declare Rwanda a country with no freedom!

Look, there are few people who truly dislike Rwanda and its leadership. This is why.

Everyone knows that corruption in Rwanda is very low, the country is one of the safest and cleanest in the world, the economy has grown, and so on.

But this wasn’t the case in the past. To fight corruption, corrupt people had to be dealt with. Some individuals were jailed for corruption and other related crimes.

Whoever thought they were above the law was dealt with again.

This didn’t make them happy or their families, but something had to be done to combat corruption and injustice in Rwanda. Most of those who served their sentences for the above crimes, or even worse ones, started anti-Rwanda campaigns abroad, including those who escaped the justice system in Rwanda or simply those who want papers in Europe and America. (they create a case by acting like they are the opposition and have no rights in Rwanda so they should stay in Europe and USA 😅)

Almost all the so-called opposition parties that operate outside Rwanda, 95% of them and their allies, have criminal records.

If you get your information from these people and call them activists, you’d better double-check your sources before confirming anything.

We don’t have to explain our freedom to anyone, but 99% of Rwandans would tell you they would never exchange what they have in Rwanda for anything other people call freedom. (Our differences in Rwanda we know how to deal with them)

We are happy to be on the streets and see the police as friends rather than obstacles. I am happy to pay taxes knowing they will build this and that. I am happy to sleep knowing I trust my army to protect me and my neighbours and entire country. I am happy to know that if I get ill, I will have health insurance, our ambulances work, and roads and electricity are present. The list is long.

We Rwandans are happy with what we have. We are mostly happy with President Paul Kagame and everything that comes with him. I mean everything.

OK, au revoir et passe une merveilleuse vie, mon ami. (this means, deal with it 😅😅)