Responsibility
Study reveals dried fish’s vital role in nutrition and food security across Africa
Dried fish can provide key nutrients for millions across Africa, reducing malnutrition and improving food security, researchers say.
Innovation & Investment
As seafood demand rises, Morocco ramps up aquaculture expansion with World Bank support
Morocco is expanding aquaculture with new farms, regulatory updates and World Bank-backed programs to boost production and attract investment.
Health & Welfare
FAI app launch in Kenya aims to strengthen animal welfare in aquaculture
Kenya welcomes FAI's Tilapia Welfare App to advance animal welfare in aquaculture with tools to boost fish care and farm performance.
Innovation & Investment
Report: Africa’s seafood sector needs investment, policy reform to sustain growth and ensure food security
Africa’s seafood sector is growing fast, but investment and policy reforms are key to ensuring food security, concludes a new report.
Intelligence
Startup uses data analytics and machine learning technology to boost tilapia health in Ghana
The initiative leverages data analytics and machine learning to correlate and anticipate tilapia health and growth with environmental data.
Innovation & Investment
FISH4ACP and The Gambia strike 10-year agreement to transform mangrove oyster production
The plan for the sustainable growth of mangrove oyster production in The Gambia will benefit women producers and stabilize oyster stocks.
Responsibility
Assessing the future of fish in Africa
Key insights into fish supply, demand projections, employment and investment estimates needed to secure projected fish supplies in 2030 and 2050.
Responsibility
Norway pledges $5 million for IFAD aquaculture projects in East Africa
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has committed $5 million to support IFAD aquaculture projects in East Africa.
Innovation & Investment
La primera granja de salmón en tierra de África es un hito para Lesotho
Una compañía con sede en Singapur tiene como objetivo hacer que Lesotho, una nación de 2 millones de personas, sea conocida por un pescado local que es realmente todo menos local: el salmón del Atlántico.
Innovation & Investment
Africa’s first land-based salmon farm a landmark for Lesotho
A Singapore-based company aims to make Lesotho, a nation of 2 million people, known for a local fish that’s truly anything but local: Atlantic salmon.
Responsibility
A helping hand to lend: UK aquaculture seeks to broaden its horizons
Aquaculture is an essential contributor to the world food security challenge, and every stakeholder has a role to play in the sector’s evolution, delegates were told at the recent Aquaculture’s Global Outlook: Embracing Internationality seminar in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Responsibility
La empresa de tilapia ‘modelo’ muestra fortaleza en Mozambique
En las orillas del Lago Cahora Bassa, la granja Chicoa Fish Farm espera crear un efecto dominó para mejorar el suministro de peces y la calidad de vida de una región empobrecida.
Responsibility
‘Model’ tilapia venture shows mettle in Mozambique
On the shores of Lake Cahora Bassa, Chicoa Fish Farm hopes to create a ripple effect to improve fish supply and quality of life for an impoverished region.
Innovation & Investment
De pequeños alevines a peces grandes para productor de bagre Nigeriano
El fundador y director ejecutivo de Tajin Farms, de 28 años, proveedor de bagres y operación de procesamiento en Warri, Estado Delta, habla de sus humildes comienzos y sus planes audaces para la acuacultura en África.
Innovation & Investment
From small fry to big fish for Nigerian catfish farmer
The 28-year-old founder and CEO of Tajin Farms – a catfish supplier and processing operation in Warri, Delta State – talks about his humble beginnings and bold plans for aquaculture in Africa.
Innovation & Investment
Investing in Africa’s aquaculture future, part 2
Africa offers innumerable opportunities and a raft of challenges for developing a modernized aquaculture industry. Investors are interested, and pursuing with cautious optimism.