The Challenge

The majority of local villagers along the banks of Lake Tanganyika are either fishermen or farmers, with little or no possibilities of alternative employment. Due to the higher demands from national growth, the numbers of fish for daily consumption (dagaa, mgebuka, kuhe and sangala pamba) have reduced substantially. The solution is aquaculture but this requires large initial investment which is out of reach of most of the inhabitants of the Lake shores.

Our Project

The project is structured in three steps:

1. Building a solar-powered aquaculture farm growing the endemic Lake Tanganyika tilapia with a hatchery and feed production line.

2. Manufacturing fish food using locally produced inputs thereby expanding the crop diversity farmers can produce and offering additional income solutions.

3. Investing in entrepreneurs by setting up a training facility to teach villagers how to start up their own aquaculture farms and selling fingerlings and fish food in order to make this possible. These new businesses will provide employment for more people.

Our Goals

• Open an aquahub growing endemic Lake Tanganyika tilapia with a foodmill producing fish food from locally grown inputs and a training facility teaching villagers how to open their own fish farms. This has already been realised.

• Within 5 years enable smaller aquaculture farms to start in villages along the Lake and on the islands supplying them with fingerlings, fish food and training.