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Cameroon start-up develops aquaponic kits

Save Our Agriculture is a start-up based in Douala, Cameroon, that produces aquaponics kits. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil). The fish waste is pumped to the plants through the water they live in, acting as a natural fertiliser. In return, the plant then filters the water back down to the pool of fish.

What makes aquaponics advantageous is its efficient use of water, space, fertiliser and land. Food can be grown in urban areas, eliminating the need for usual farming infrastructure, like land and equipment.

Founded in 2015 by Cameroonians Flavien Kouatcha Simo and Leslie Noëlle Kepgang Tipa, Save Our Agriculture produces commercial and private use-sized kits.

How we made it in Africa spoke to Simo about the aquaponics business.