Launched during the Covid-19 pandemic, Njuki-ini Fish Farm has grown into a family-run business focused on ornamental fish and expanding aquaculture opportunities in Kenya.
Outrigger Impact (Outrigger) has announced the launch of the Outrigger Impact Fund I, a blended finance vehicle that will provide equity and debt financing to blue economy businesses in Small Island…
Kenyan couple Peter Ngugi and Lynne Mungai turned a chance Facebook order for tilapia fingerlings into a growing aquaculture business serving farmers, restaurants and households.
A family search for chemical-free food has become a commercial aquaponics venture producing tilapia and vegetables, with export plans stretching from Zimbabwe to Europe.
Over the course of two decades, Ferme Marine de Mahébourg has managed to establish an expansive red drum farm in the lagoon in Mauritius, proving that aquaculture can thrive alongside tourism.
Using a unique stacked-tank, land-based system, Vertical Lake produces traceable fish while converting waste streams into organic fertiliser and collagen.
Shamim Nyanda, community manager for the forthcoming Women in Ocean Food Africa venture studio, explains her dedication to empowering the continent’s female blue food entrepreneurs.
A Norwegian-led company is convinced it can help Namibia become a salmon producer of international significance – thanks to the cool waters of the Benguela Current, a stable and supportive government…
After years of hype, researchers, producers, failed ventures and aquafeed companies are taking stock of how far the insect meal sector has come, and what’s in store by 2030.
The tenth edition of the FISH4ACP virtual tour will assess the return on investment from its nearly five years spent upgrading fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Africa, the Caribbean and the…
Ocean Fields Connection (OFC), a partnership of impact-oriented seaweed SMEs such as Ocean Farmers and Nosy Boraha Seaweed, works with more than 3,000 smallholder households across 50 coastal…
Janno van der Laan is the founder of Nasaru Naturals, a startup cultivating spirulina in the soda lakes of East Africa’s Rift Valley, as a sustainable protein source for both human nutrition and…
Dr Moussa Sène has established a pioneering integrated farm in Senegal, producing catfish, tilapia and a selection of livestock, while also helping train up a new generation of fish farmers.
Fairouz Abbassi is the hatchery manager at Aquaculture Tunisienne, the largest sea bass and sea bream hatchery in North Africa, with an annual production of up to 30 million juveniles.
Disease management is one of the most persistent challenges in aquaculture and the solutions often come at a cost to both the environment and the fish themselves. But one company, Sundew, believes…
Hatch Blue and Conservation International Ventures are thrilled to announce the launch of their inaugural Women in Ocean Food Africa programme - a new chapter of their global movement to support…
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