Efua Konyim Okai

A new initiative that will provide training, equipment and startup capital for 10,000 prospective fish farmers across Ghana has been launched by the country’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo.

Ghana’s tilapia farmers have been promised a share of the $40 million pledged by the government to alleviate the issues caused by the recent flooding in Lake Volta, but some experts argue that a…

Ghana’s tilapia farming epicentre is under threat, as the opening of spillways by the Volta River Authority (VRA) to prevent flooding has led to widespread damage to cages on Lake Volta.

Straight after her graduation with a degree in land economy in 2019, Precious Nutifafa decided to build a catfish farm in Saviefe Agorkpo, in the Volta Region of Ghana, and she now has plans to build…

Kwame David Adade took over Windmill Farms – a catfish and tilapia farm in Ghana – from his father four years ago and since then has made some interesting discoveries, especially in feed formulation.

Ghana’s President, Nana Akuffo-Addo, recently opened the $12 million National Aquaculture Centre, in Accra, which aims to promote RAS technology, train 90 young graduates every year and produce 25…

Lake Volta might be the most productive aquaculture centre in Ghana, but the current model of fish farming on the lake is unsustainable, according to Dr Kofitsyo Cudjoe, a senior adviser at the…

Ghana’s new Aquaculture Development Plan aims to increase the country’s fish farming output from 89,376 tonnes in 2021 to 211,697 tonnes by the end of 2027 – an increase of 136 percent.

A three-year project in Ghana that was designed to improve pond farmers’ access to quality Nile tilapia juveniles could help Ghana’s pond farmers catch up with the productivity of the cage farmers on…

On August 19, executive members of the Ghana Aquaculture Society, led by the president, Jennifer Sodji-Tagbor, visited Flosell Farms at Sogakope to mark the beginning of an internship programme for…

General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria, has called on the country’s catfish farmers to enforce a minimum sales price to prevent them losing money.

Efua Konyim Okai, correspondent for The Fish Site, reflects on a recent visit to the first-ever AFRAQ event, which took place in Egypt at the end of March.

Sailesh Chudasama believes that biofloc production – of species including shrimp, tilapia and catfish – can create well-paid jobs and improve food security, both in Ghana and beyond.

Nigeria’s catfish farmers consolidated their unification following a meeting earlier this month at the Obasanjo Conference Centre at Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Farmers in West Africa are increasingly looking to the use of plants and algae to help improve the health of their fish.

26-year-old Wilfred Agbi runs Weija Farms, a catfish hatchery and an “aquaculture evangelism” agency in Ghana that aims to train up young people who are looking to establish their own fish farms.

A two-week training programme for African fish farmers, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative For Soy in Human Health…

After graduating with a degree in natural resource management, Emmanuel Dery started the first fish farm in Ghana’s Northern and Upper Regions, with the support of the Canada International…

Researchers in Ghana believe that there’s now scope to fulfil the potential of the African bony tongue – commonly referred to as “super cu” in Ghana – as a key aquaculture species.

A $120 million fish processing factory, which has been certified to export to the EU, is expected to give a major boost to fish farming in Kenya.