MEDIA & IMPACT

How Victory Farm took full control of fish supply chain

When Joseph Rehmann started his aquaculture company, the biggest hurdle was finding employees. Together with his partner, the Victory Farms co-founder decided to create a pipeline of qualified workers for their fish business in Homa Bay County. “The aquaculture industry was small and couldn’t provide a big talent pool of trained professionals. We had to …

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Kenya’s Victory Farms nets $5m as it edges towards precision fish farming

May 27, 2022 Kenyan aquaculture company Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farmer, has raised $5 million in equity funding to expand its operations into Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The round was led by two angels, managing director of Bain Capital Ed Brakeman, and Hans den Bieman Director of Sealand Aquaculture. He is …

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Impact investor DOB Equity, invests in East African fish farm, Victory Farms.

November 2020 DOB Equity, a Dutch family office, it investing in Victory Farms, East Africa’s largest commercial fish farm to allow the firm to scale up its production capacity and expand its reach across the Kenyan market. By investing in Victory Farms, the Private Equity fund with offices in Kenya and the Netherlands will be …

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Open Roads’ bridge loans aid social enterprises battered by Covid-19

July 2020 COVID-19 provided an opening for Kenya’s fish-farming industry. Chinese tilapia imports have long dominated the market, but health fears and trade bottlenecks have allowed for local farms to gain market share. Local fish producers, including Victory Farms, Kenya’s largest, needed funds to quickly scale-up production. Open Road is among the lenders that gave …

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Is tilapia caging the solution for sex-for-fish trade?

July 2020 In 2016, the life of the widow changed drastically, when she came across Victory Farms in Roo. The farm is involved in breeding, processing and selling of fish. After three years working and supplying fish bred there, Atipa earned enough to support her children and build a two-bedroom iron sheet house. Read more…

Low-carbon, sustainable protein for East Africa.

July 2020 Victory Farms is a sustainable aquaculture business that produces tilapia on Lake Victoria and sells primarily in low-income neighborhoods across Kenya. Their mission is to build a commercial tilapia farm that can feed 2 billion Africans with affordable, accessible and healthy protein over the next two decades, while also taking extensive measures to protect and restore the environment in …

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Taking the stage at the Norway Aquavision Conference.

June 2018 Victory Farms was invited to Aquavision to present on our growth trajectory, sustainability vision and exciting plans to solve the regional protein problem. Other speakers included former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Princess Victoria of Sweden, and aquaculture CEOs from across the globe. Click to learn more about why we consider Africa’s “equatorial belt” the next …

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Building Kenyan commercial aquaculture.

April 2018 CNN interviews Victory Farms in a two-part series about Kenyan aquaculture, Chinese tilapia imports, and solutions to cold chain and distribution. Click to learn more about what sets us apart from other fish providers in the region! Read more…