Building a World Class Sustainable Aquaculture Industry in Sierra Leone

Our vision at Afraqua is to build a new model for sustainable, land-based aquaculture

in Africa – Blue Farming

We believe this needs to be multi-species, integrating seaweed cultivation, and minimizing

the use of unsustainable aqua feed.

Africa today accounts for less than 1%

of global aquaculture but 15% of global

population, forecast to rise to 25%.

In West Africa in particular there

is a high consumption of seafood.

Today, it is supplied by

unsustainable wild catch.

Founding Team

We are a deeply experienced team with an ambitious vision for change. Mark Amechi has built Tropo Farms in Ghana over 25 years from a greenfield to become West Africa’s leading tilapia producer and #1 aquaculture company.

Sierra Leone

We selected Sierra Leone as our first project location because of its superb natural attributes and the country’s pressing food security needs. Sierra Leone also benefits from preferential market access to the US, EU, UK and ECOWAS

We will catalyse the Blue Revolution in Sierra Leone and help feed its expected population of 15 million in 2050 in a sustainable way

Sierraqua Benefits for Sierra Leone

30,000 tons of tilapia production annually to meet local
market demand for sustainable seafood.
(over 10% of national needs)
5,000 tons of shrimp and 25,000 tons of seaweed for export
Basis for a new industry and a leading
position in African aquaculture
Over $100 million of direct foreign investment
over time in infrastructure
Over 2,000 new skilled jobs created and over 2,000
more in the logistics and supply chain
High-value shrimp and seaweed exports generating
foreign currency revenues