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The conference will cater to a global audience covering a diverse range of presentations, species, meetings, discussions, workshops and more. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Africa's biggest aquaculture meeting — the World Aquaculture Safari 2025 — will be held from 24-27 June in Kampala, Uganda

Aquaculture has a tremendous potential to contribute to sub-Saharan Africa's food security, while also boosting job opportunities across the continent. Over the years, aquaculture production has seen a 11% growth, with tilapia being the most-farmed fish in sub-Saharan Africa. Recognising its significance, the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) has established annual conferences to celebrate achievements, address challenges, and foster collaboration in the sector.

Sponsored by the EU-funded TRUEFISH Project, the World Aquaculture Safari 2025 is a World Aquaculture Conference, incorporating both the continental event and the showcase global event. Besides addressing key African topics such as tilapia and catfish production, the conference will also cater to a global audience covering a diverse range of presentations, species, meetings, discussions, workshops and more.

The FAO, the World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are few among the many developmental partners that are expected to participate.

SuperKlean’s special-designed dairy nozzle make the milking process faster and more efficient. (Image source: SuperKlean)

Upon popular demand, renowned leader in high-quality industrial washdown equipment, SuperKlean has designed a new dairy nozzle that supports sustainable dairy practices and helps maintain optimal udder health

To ensure the health and wellbeing of dairy cows, pre-treatment of dairy cow’s teats and udder, as well as special post treatments are a mandatory requirement. These treatments are carried out to affirm that cows are free from mastitis and other infections. Moreover, with outbreaks of Avian Flu spreading across several regions, the need for a teat and udder ‘touchless’ teat spraying system has become more apparent. 

SuperKlean has been providing world-class industrial nozzles to some of the largest food, beverage and pharmaceutical companies for more than 34 years. Recently, the company came up with a new precision dairy nozzle that has gained widespread popularity among dairymen.

SuperKlean’s new dairy nozzle features, a 90 degree applicator, high-precision stainless steel construction and replaceable spray tip, with a special hook for hanging and fast retrieval. Spare parts are available to extend the life of this nozzle, with immediate delivery. The nozzle is available in either dark blue or red options for pre- and post-dip applications, ensuring safe and easy identification and application of each dip type.

SuperKlean’s special-built teat-spraying applicator wand helps reduce pathogen spread through a combination of easy, targeted cleaning and a faster, less-wasteful chemical spraying solution. Its stainless steel build ensures durability, with the ability to withstand thousands of daily sprays and wear while consistently delivering high-quality performance.

The workshop underscores the power of a collaborative approach in strategic planning. (Image source: AU-IBAR)

Nigeria’s first Analytics and Implementers' Workshop on pastoral livestock marketing yielded exciting outcomes

The workshop marks a pivotal moment in understanding and improving pastoral livestock marketing dynamics in Nigeria as the project's lighthouse country. Bringing together key stakeholders, the workshop represented a critical step in developing evidence-based strategies for one of Nigeria's most important agricultural sub-sectors, livestock development and marketing.

It underscores the power of a collaborative and participatory approach in strategic planning with the aim of validating situational analysis of pastoral livestock marketing; identifying key challenges in current livestock value chains; developing actionable strategies for market improvement and creating a comprehensive implementation roadmap for execution.

The panelists consisted of experts in the field who touched upon a variety of topics. (Image source: Republic of Poland)

In November 2024, Polish panelists shared valuable insights with the stakeholders of Tanzania's poultry sector through a seminar titled 'Innovative Technologies in Poultry Farming and Meat Production

Co-organised and co-sponsored by the Embassy of Poland in Dar es Salaam and the Polish Association for Innovation in Agriculture, the seminar which was accompanied by a B2B session was aimed at advancing the country's economic prosperity and also proposed an interesting solution for smallholder farmers involving the collaborative usage of agrimachinery.

The panelists consisted of experts in the field who touched upon a variety of topics including veterinary care in poultry farming, feed production, slaughtering and cooling process. 

Beneficiary farmers were thankful for the support and affirmed their commitment to expanding their poultry farming initiatives. (Image source: Ministry of Information, Eritrea)

To ensure nationwide access to nutritious food, Eritrea's Ministry of Agriculture has distributed more than 161,000 chickens to poultry farmers at reasonable prices

Based on specific demands, the distribution targeted 203 poultry farmers across all regions. The breakdown includes more than 78,000 chickens allocated to farmers in the Central region, over 55,000 in the Southern region, more than 31,000 in the Anseba region, over 14,000 in the Northern Red Sea region, and approximately 1,200 in the Gash-Barka region.

Beneficiary farmers were thankful for the support and affirmed their commitment to expanding their poultry farming initiatives. They also pledged to contribute toward market stabilisation by increasing the availability of poultry products.

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