Aquatic Hub exists to teach skills that would in turn encourage farmers to utilize Good Aquaculture Practices (GAPs) in bridging the gaps in the African aquaculture space. Also, our rich expertise in facilitating Enterprise Development programs has given birth to new SMEs across Nigeria. In so doing, farmers trained will engage in activities that would reduce the supply gap and deficit in consumption of fish in Africa.
SMALL TACTICS
Our Approach
We utilize 21st century cutting-edge technology to train women and youths on civic engagement, enterprise development and acquisition of technical skills to ensure Good Aquaculture Practices (GAPs) are utilized in their farms.
PROOF, NOT PROMISES
Aquatic Hub Results
Since 2017, we have trained over 3,500 persons across Nigeria who have set up their own enterprises or gainfully employed in large aquaculture farms. We have also in turn assisted people outside our network to setup their farms and everyone under our network is currently enjoying our extension services.
WHERE CAN WE HELP YOU
Our Services
Our mission is to increase knowledge, teach skills to achieve high productivity in Aquaculture for a sustainable future.
BuyBack Initiative
Fish Shoal Nigeria; trading arm of Aquatic Hub Afrique is solely responsible for product aggregation along the value chain of aquaculture. Fish Shoal Nigeria ensures a buyback strategy in scenarios where farmers cannot sell profitably; this is termed a "win-win" model.
Laboratory Services
Located in Abeokuta, 80km from Lagos, which is Nigeria’s commercial capital. Aquatic Hub offers laboratory services for farmers willing to carry out water test and other tests needed on their farms.
Micro-Seed Funding
Our graduates are exposed to several opportunities available to access loans and soft credits and also grants available. Everyone under our network is exposed to this in a bid to ensure that they upscale their businesses.
Aquatic Hub Cooperatives
Upon successful completion of the programme, our graduates are grouped into clusters along with other small holder farmers to enjoy benefits of a cooperative society.
Monitoring and Quality Evaluation
Aquatic Hub has capacity to monitor established projects as well as the methodologies involved for a robust and meaningful endpoint and result.
Organisations
Seamlessly empower fully researched growth strategies and interoperable internal or organic sources.
Our Conviction
We cannot break the shackles of Poverty and Hunger without building capacity amongst the key players of the Food and Agriculture Industry. We also believe that the complete engagement of the Agriculture value-chain remains the bailout from Africa's Poverty, Hunger and Unemployment; the Agriculture Value-Chain is insatiable.
We are convinced that when we increase the knowledge of our farmers especially the smallholder farmers, women and youths; yields from our farm enterprises will increase. This will have a multiple effect on tackling Poverty, Hunger and Unemployment.
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Developmental Partners
Aquatic Hub Afrique has partnered with several organizations across Africa in a bid to ensure that our vision is fulfilled.
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Applicants
We receive applications all year round but not every applicants is admitted due to the lags in meeting our selection criteria.
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Admitted and Graduated
Upon admission, all trainees are well trained in line with best practices and we have a 100% record of graduation upon admission.
With NIRSAL, Beneficiaries have the opportunity to access loans and credit facilities up to Ten (10) Million Naira with absolutely no collateral, moratorium given and a single digit interest of 9% payable over a good number of years.
At Aquatic Hub Afrique Network, we are not insensitive to the troubles and pains of our Retirees who have spent a greater portion of their productive life in the labour market and national service.
Many Nigerians still suffer from protein deficiency due to low fish food consumption. We barely consume about 11kg per capita which is 10kg short of the 21kg per capita standard laid by the FAO.
The demand for fish in Nigeria is much higher than the local production. This has made Nigeria to become one of the largest importers of fish in the developing world with about 2 million metric tons imported annually.
