News Senegal, September 2026: COFAD Awarded Technical Advisory Role for the AQUAPOLES Integrated Aquaculture Project in Senegal COFAD has been awarded the Technical Assistance to the Project Owner (AMO) contract for the AQUAPOLES project in Senegal by FONSIS, Senegal's Sovereign Strategic Investment Fund. The assignment will support the technical review, financial assessment, and bankability evaluation of a major integrated aquaculture investment project comprising industrial fish farms, a fish feed mill, and a fish processing facility. Senegal, April 2026: Launch of COFAD's technical assistance project: aquaculture training and management of aquaculture hubs As part of the Senegal Natural Resources Management Project (SENRM), funded by the World Bank, the COFAD-FAC Services consortium carried out its first field mission in April 2026, focusing on evaluating aquaculture hubs sites, engaging with beneficiary communities, and laying the groundwork for upcoming aquaculture training programs. Burundi, March 2026: COFAD launches of the Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Study for Industrial Fish Farming in Lake Tanganyika and On Land A new study has been launched to assess the feasibility of developing industrial fish farming in Lake Tanganyika and through land-based systems in Burundi. The project aims to provide evidence-based recommendations to support sustainable aquaculture, improve food security, and contribute to economic development. Zambia, February 2026: Fish farmer training kicks off in Kawambwa district as part of GIZ GP SAF Zambia More than 300 fish farmers already trained in January-February 2026. COFAD team delivering comprehensive skills development for small-scale fish farmers in Northern Zambia. Germany, October 2025: Review of the Brown Shrimp Management Plan’s implementation COFAD is reviewing the implementation of the North Sea Brown Shrimp Management Plan from the Brown Shrimp Cooperative MSC Group consisting of three units, Dutch, German and Danish vessels catching brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) in the North Sea. Uganda, December 2025: Strengthening commercial aquaculture in Uganda (SCA) - project launch Four (4) year project launches in December 2025. COFAD-led consortium will deliver comprehensive initiative to address sectoral challenges faced by the aquaculture sector in Uganda. Germany, September 2025: Preparation of the final implementation report and a citizen information document on the EMFF COFAD is preparing the final implementation report on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the 2014-2020 funding period and a citizen information document on the content of the report. African Union, October 2025: Collecting existing relevant information in African Union member states and institutions on the state of marine and inland fish stocks COFAD is implementing a short-term study to gather existing information on freshwater and marine fish stocks in five African regions and deduce measures for capacity building. Madagascar, July 2025: Launch of a project to strengthen sustainable cage aquaculture practices A new initiative to modernise environmental regulations and monitoring for cage aquaculture in Madagascar kicked off on 1st of July 2025. Funded by GIZ, the project aims to bolster food security while protecting ecosystems. Rwanda, 2025: Development of best practice guiding documents for fisheries and aquaculture sector On behalf of the Kwihaza project, COFAD has developed key guiding documents to support the development of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Rwanda. Show more
Senegal, September 2026: COFAD Awarded Technical Advisory Role for the AQUAPOLES Integrated Aquaculture Project in Senegal COFAD has been awarded the Technical Assistance to the Project Owner (AMO) contract for the AQUAPOLES project in Senegal by FONSIS, Senegal's Sovereign Strategic Investment Fund. The assignment will support the technical review, financial assessment, and bankability evaluation of a major integrated aquaculture investment project comprising industrial fish farms, a fish feed mill, and a fish processing facility.
Senegal, April 2026: Launch of COFAD's technical assistance project: aquaculture training and management of aquaculture hubs As part of the Senegal Natural Resources Management Project (SENRM), funded by the World Bank, the COFAD-FAC Services consortium carried out its first field mission in April 2026, focusing on evaluating aquaculture hubs sites, engaging with beneficiary communities, and laying the groundwork for upcoming aquaculture training programs.
Burundi, March 2026: COFAD launches of the Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Study for Industrial Fish Farming in Lake Tanganyika and On Land A new study has been launched to assess the feasibility of developing industrial fish farming in Lake Tanganyika and through land-based systems in Burundi. The project aims to provide evidence-based recommendations to support sustainable aquaculture, improve food security, and contribute to economic development.
Zambia, February 2026: Fish farmer training kicks off in Kawambwa district as part of GIZ GP SAF Zambia More than 300 fish farmers already trained in January-February 2026. COFAD team delivering comprehensive skills development for small-scale fish farmers in Northern Zambia.
Germany, October 2025: Review of the Brown Shrimp Management Plan’s implementation COFAD is reviewing the implementation of the North Sea Brown Shrimp Management Plan from the Brown Shrimp Cooperative MSC Group consisting of three units, Dutch, German and Danish vessels catching brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) in the North Sea.
Uganda, December 2025: Strengthening commercial aquaculture in Uganda (SCA) - project launch Four (4) year project launches in December 2025. COFAD-led consortium will deliver comprehensive initiative to address sectoral challenges faced by the aquaculture sector in Uganda.
Germany, September 2025: Preparation of the final implementation report and a citizen information document on the EMFF COFAD is preparing the final implementation report on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the 2014-2020 funding period and a citizen information document on the content of the report.
African Union, October 2025: Collecting existing relevant information in African Union member states and institutions on the state of marine and inland fish stocks COFAD is implementing a short-term study to gather existing information on freshwater and marine fish stocks in five African regions and deduce measures for capacity building.
Madagascar, July 2025: Launch of a project to strengthen sustainable cage aquaculture practices A new initiative to modernise environmental regulations and monitoring for cage aquaculture in Madagascar kicked off on 1st of July 2025. Funded by GIZ, the project aims to bolster food security while protecting ecosystems.
Rwanda, 2025: Development of best practice guiding documents for fisheries and aquaculture sector On behalf of the Kwihaza project, COFAD has developed key guiding documents to support the development of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in Rwanda.
