Diana Orembe, co-founder and CEO of pioneering blue biotech company, NovFeed in November 2023, was selected as part of the ‘UNICEF Innovation30: Young Innovators Shaping the Future,’ for developing the unique NovFeed technology to transform the aquaculture landscape in Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam
Livestock
Prevention and control of livestock diseases made easy with Tianlong Solution
Tianlong Technology provides pioneering disease detection solutions, comprising a variety of instruments and matching reagents that allow for swift and reliable detection of African Swine Fever (ASF), Avian Influenza (AI) and foot and mouth disease, among others
Kenya's Egerton University develops innovative test to tackle antimicrobial resistance in milk
While solutions for testing antimicrobial resistance do exist on the market, the cost of using them remains far beyond the reach of ordinary, small-scale farmers who constitute around 80% of Kenyas milk producers, says Teresia Ndung’u, a doctoral student at Kenya’s Egerton University
Willows Ingredients partners with HuveNutra to develop alternative feed ingredient for aquaculture
Raw material distributor, Willow Ingredients has recently signed a supply partnership agreement with microalgae specialist, HuveNutra to develop the microalgae-derived HuvePure DHA - lipid biomass, as a viable alternative to fish oil used in animal feed
ViAqua announces investment to scale RNA-based solutions in aquaculture
Biotechnology company, ViAqua Therapeutics announced the completion of a US$8.25mn investment led by S2G Ventures to scale RNA-based solutions in aquaculture