Southeast Nigerias catfish king

Southeast Nigerias catfish king

Source: thefishsite

1/12/2024

Moses Njoku Uwa is the founder and managing director of St Mosco FeedNation, the largest fish farming company in southeast Nigeria, which produces 560 tonnes of African catfish from 100 earth ponds each year.

Can you tell us a bit about your background?

From 1993 until 2007 I worked in the motor parts trade in Burkina Faso, but when I was about to get married to a Fulani from Burkina Faso I started thinking of returning to Nigeria so I could raise my children in the Igbo culture. Even though I was successful in the motor part business, after speaking with a lady who manages a catfish farm inside the Ojo Agric Settlement, in Lagos. I decided to start my own catfish farm, called St Mosco FeedNation, in 2011.

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