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Africa’s flagship tilapia producers have had mixed fortunes in recent years, but Tropo Farms appears to be firmly on the ascendancy, thanks in no small part to the work of Francisco Murillo. Within three years of being appointed CEO, Murillo has doubled the Ghanian company’s output and has plans to double it again. What he’s achieved is all the more impressive as Tropo haven’t needed to upgrade their infrastructure and because the company, which aims to annually grow 30,000 tonnes for the domestic market by 2030, is greatly helping to improve Ghana’s food security situation.
Meanwhile Murillo’s thoughts on the merits of investing in net pen farms in Africa, rather than temperamental RAS projects in the Global North, should be required reading for impact investors.
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Rob Fletcher
Senior editor
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