Amid continued calls for youths to go into entrepreneurship, two graduates from the Mzuzu University (MZUNI) Annie Mulewa and Chuma Mwale have ventured into fish farming.
The two graduates based in Mzuzu City, established a fish farm called Maziko Aquaculture earlier in 2024 after leaving formal employment.
In an interview with ProjectM, Chuma Mwale said through the initiative, the two, who partnered to operate the farm, are able to fend for themselves.
“First of all, we are experts in fish farming having attained our degrees at MZUNI.
“It is through this expertise that we decided to venture into entrepreneurship rather than joining a bandwagon of youths seeking for formal employment,” he said.
The two are also exploring other ways of boosting their enterprise by, among others, dedicating part of their resources towards research and development for a fish feed formula that optimises fish growth.
“When we were at school, we were exposed to many fish farmers who often used kitchen leftovers in feeding fish which of course is not advisable,” said Mwale.
Their vision is to see Maziko Aquaculture supply fish products to a lot of people both locally and internationally.
Currently, the two makes an average profit in a month of K500,000 from selling fish feed as well as K300,000 on consultancy.
Their exploits have already attracted interest from some quarters including the GIZ and Save the Children who gave them a grant to boost their entrepreneurship.
