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Unga Holdings celebrates opening of new aquafeed factory in Eastern Africa

Unga Holdings new feed plant in Kenya is designed to produce 5.000 tons per year of high quality floating fish feed for the East African Market. “In line with our Vision of “Nutrition for Life”, Unga has taken a bold step – investing, with the support of funding from the Dutch Government – Kshs. 225,000,000 in a state-of-the-art fish feed production facility to serve an aquaculture industry still in its infancy.” For the design of the plant, Unga Holdings ltd. cooperated intensively with the dutch companies Ottevanger Milling Engineers, Almex – Extrusion, Nutreco/Skretting and Larive International.

March 23, 2017

On the 16th of March, Kenyan Cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Mr. Willy K. Bett and Dutch Ambassador Mr. Frans Makken officially opened the new aquafeed factory of Unga Holdings Ltd in Nairobi, Kenya.

The new feed plant is designed to produce 5.000 tons per year of high quality floating fish feed for the East African Market. It is the first establishment of this size in East Africa that will respond to the high demand for fish feed. With the new plant, Unga Farms Ltd. creates the opportunity for local fish farmers to increase their output and lower their productions costs per kg.

“In line with our Vision of “Nutrition for Life”, Unga has taken a bold step – investing, with the support of funding from the Dutch Government – Kshs. 225,000,000 in a state-of-the-art fish feed production facility to serve an aquaculture industry still in its infancy,” stated Ms. Isabella Ochola Wilsion, Unga Holdings ltd. board chair

For the design of the plant, Unga Holdings ltd. cooperated intensively with the dutch companies Ottevanger Milling Engineers, Almex – Extrusion, Nutreco/Skretting and Larive International. The companies work together in the Dutch Public-Private partnership program, FoodTechAfrica(FTA).