A green aquaponics company: Africa Aquaponics
Osprey Capital is involved in a concept of building an aquaponics group in Africa called Africa Aquaponics.
It consists of a resource and energy center with efficient management and utilization of all resources between different companies at the same location.
These companies operate within:
– Aquaculture
(Land-based farming of trout and salmon -30,000 tonnes)
– Agriculture
(Vegetable production -36,000 tonnes)
– Processing
(Fish & Vegetables)
– Biopharma/Medicine
(From fish, vegetables, algae and insects -1000 tonnes)
– Organic fertilizer for agri
(Sustainable -10,000 tonnes)
9 potential locations in Africa:
– Morocco HQ
(Production and competence centre for all)
– Egypt
– Ivory Coast
– Angola
– South Africa
– Kenya- Tanzania
– Algerie
– Nigeria
These are large industrial facilities spread over 100 hectares of land, with a building mass of 405,000 m2 and has a investment framework of EUR 1,2 billion per location. Each facility will annually have an output worth EUR 650 million, and will employ approximately 1,100 employees.
This will entail a significant upgrade of local quality food production in above mentioned countries in Africa, and be a part of their national food security.