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  • Namibia to build one of AfricaÂ’s largest aquaponics farms

    Namibia to build one of Africa's largest aquaponics farms

    March 5, 2020

    The Immanuel Sheefeni Fish Farm project, that will be located in Outapi, in the Omusati region, is expected to produce over 39,000 tons per year of shrimp and over 100,000 tons of tilapia.

  • AfricaÂ’s first research and training feed mill to be open

    Africa's first research and training feed mill to be open

    February 20, 2020

    The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA) has entered into a joint venture with the University of Pretoria (UP) to launch Africa’s first research and training feed mill at the UP’s Miertjie le Roux Experimental Farm in South Africa.

  • SkrettingÂ’s tilapia diet available for African farmers

    Skretting's tilapia diet available for African farmers

    December 12, 2019

    Optiline meets tilapia farmers’ demand for higher growth rates at a lower feed conversion ratio. It will first be available to Skretting Africa’s customers and later in other tilapia production regions around the world.

  • South African RAS feed targets all aquaculture species

    South African RAS feed targets all aquaculture species

    November 27, 2019

    South African company, Aqua Management Technologies (AMT), has developed custom feed formulation and technology for RAS systems that, if applied correctly, will make them economically viable.

  • Skretting brings together over 100 stakeholders for first AquaForum in Nigeria

    Skretting brings together over 100 stakeholders for first AquaForum in Nigeria

    October 17, 2019

    Skretting brought together leaders in the Nigerian industry to set the course for a more productive development at the recently concluded Skretting AquaForum, the first event of its kind.

  • Aller Aqua commits to the Egyptian market

    Aller Aqua commits to the Egyptian market

    July 4, 2019

    The company has expanded its production facilities twice to follow the demand in the market and has also decided to sponsor World Aquaculture Society’s African Chapter as founding gold sponsor.

  • Aller Aqua joins Ghana tilapia seed project

    April 17, 2019
    The 3-year program titled “Accelerating aquaculture development in Ghana through sustainable Nile Tilapia seed production and dissemination,” TiSeed, was launched and will address issues related with tilapia seed and improve productivity and profitability of tilapia cage and pond farming in Ghana. Key industry players as Aller Aqua Feed Ghana Ltd. will also participate on this project.
  • First Ghana BSF facility

    April 17, 2019
    Cycle Farms, a French biotechnology company, has opened its first insect meal facility in Ghana. The company will also produce feed for tilapia farming using its own insect meal.
  • Feed and health partnership to improve tilapia farming

    April 11, 2019
    Ictyogroup has entered into a three-year partnership with Skretting Africa to combine health with feed and nutritional products for a better serve of tilapia farmers.
  • BioMar targets Central African market

    BioMar targets Central African market

    April 10, 2019
    BioMar partnered with Agro World Group, a local distributor of BioMar based in Cameroon, to launch the first commercial scale cage fish farm in Congo. There are currently 20 cages, with an annual production capacity of 150 tons of tilapia and African catfish. The company expects to grow to 120 cages in two years.
  • Skretting supports Egyptian tilapia farming

    Skretting supports Egyptian tilapia farming

    March 27, 2019
    The company has developed new diets to supply Egyptian tilapia farming and plans to export them throughout Africa.
  • Insect meal tested in East Africa fish farms

    Insect meal tested in East Africa fish farms

    March 19, 2019
    A project led by Canada’s International Development Research Centre has concluded that insect meal inclusion in fish feeds improves growth rate and food safety in Kenya and Uganda fish farms.
  • Cargill and ADM launch soybean joint venture in Egypt

    July 5, 2018
    Cargill and ADM have formally launched SoyVenTM, their new joint venture to provide soybean meal and oil for customers in Egypt. SoyVen owns and operates the National Vegetable Oil Company soy crush facility in Borg Al-Arab. The plant’s daily crush capacity has been doubled to 6,000 metric tons in order to meet increasing Egyptian demand for higher-protein soybean meal and for oil, reducing the need for imports.
  • Neovia accelerates development in Africa with acquisition of Hi Nutrients

    June 21, 2018

    Neovia has announced it will become the majority shareholder of Hi Nutrients, a leading player on the premix market in Nigeria. Through this acquisition, Neovia is gaining a foothold in a promising market in which the company wants to draw on Hi Nutrients’ premix market position to develop and roll out its international premix brand Wisium’s portfolio of products and services.

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