Tanganyika Blue Protein
Tilapia Fish Farming
Burundian integrated aquaculture producing high-quality tilapia through hatchery services, lake cages, digital monitoring, solar cold chain and inclusive market partnerships.
Intensive Pisciculture
High-nutrition tilapia production that is accessible to local populations and competitive across regional markets.
Lake Tanganyika
Use of exceptional lake resources while protecting ecological integrity for future generations.
Strategic Partnerships
Collaboration with financial institutions, MINEAGRIE, cooperatives and regional trading networks.
Sustainability & Innovation
Global aquaculture practice adapted to Burundi for food security, decent jobs and responsible scale.
Company Profile
A serious agro-industrial aquaculture company rooted on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
Tilapia Fish Farming (TIFF) is a Burundian agro-industrial company in formation as a limited liability company. It is led by a promoter with more than five years of practical experience across livestock, commerce, transport and artisanal aquaculture.
The company mission is to build integrated sustainable aquaculture that creates jobs and value, uses the exceptional resources of Lake Tanganyika responsibly and delivers safe, nutritious tilapia to local and regional markets.
Integrated Value Chain
One platform from fingerlings to buyers.
The website presents TIFF as a complete blue-protein system, not a single farm page.
Hatchery and fingerlings
Reliable biological inputs for company cages and cooperative production.
Cage aquaculture
Lake-based production with water-quality, feeding and biosecurity routines.
Digital traceability
Batch records from stocking to harvest, cold chain and sales.
Solar cold chain
Temperature-controlled handling to reduce losses and protect quality.
Structured markets
Households, traders, restaurants, retailers and institutions served through planned channels.
Inclusive cooperatives
Women and youth groups linked to training, fingerlings, markets and services.
Pathway to Scale
From pilot evidence to responsible aquaculture scale-up in Burundi.
The pathway document is converted into a live site narrative: pilot production at Migera, local scale-up, integrated hatchery-feed-cold-chain services and maturity targets for production, jobs and consumer reach.
View scale roadmapStrategic Partners
Built to work with finance, public agencies, buyers and cooperatives.
TIFF's growth pathway depends on credible partners: banks and microfinance institutions, MINEAGRIE and public services, research partners, suppliers, buyers and regional trade networks across Burundi, Rwanda, DRC and Tanzania.
- Financial institutions for cages, cold chain and working capital.
- MINEAGRIE alignment for responsible aquaculture development.
- Regional traders and institutional buyers for reliable demand.
- Women and youth cooperatives for inclusive enterprise growth.