Aller Aqua Group is a Danish family-owned company who have build a modern fish-feed factory in Zambia in a joint-venture with the local company Yalelo. The factory, which will have a capacity of 50,000 tons of feed annually, will be the most technically advanced in Southern Africa.
The company produces environmentally friendly fish-feed for aquaculture that is exported to more than 60 countries worldwide. Since the production of fish feed began more than 50 years ago, the company has been constantly growing and now has factories in Poland, Germany and Egypt. The investment from Impact Fund Denmark supported the opening of a new factory in Zambia, which is able to produce 50,000 tonnes of fish-feed per year is the most technically advanced fish-feed factory in Southern Africa.
Market leader in environmentally friendly fish-feed
Today, every other fish eaten worldwide comes from fish farming. In Africa, where the population growth increases rapidly, the market for aquaculture is expected to increase significantly in the coming years as it is an effective way to produce protein for a growing population. By using quality fish-feed, such as Aller Aqua’s, the production of farmed fish is made environmental-friendly, because the feed has a high nutritional digestibility, resulting in low emissions of nutrients in the water.