 You are the man behind the biggest shrimp farming here in West Africa. Yes sir. How does it feel to be the owner of this shrimp farming? It's so amazing. I mean, I can't tell how it all started and then where we are today. It's so, so, so much amazing. You were born and raised in Ghana? Yes sir. In and out, yes. And what happened? Like you lived in Ghana all your life or what? No, I've been in Japan and then after some time I decided to come home and then, you know, start my team. And that is how it all started, yes. Wow. Yes. So what is the inspiration behind shrimp farming? Because all I know is to lap your farming. A lot, a lot of people when you mention shrimp and they even... Oh, what a... Are you talking of the smaller red one that we eat with Kenke? Yes. And I said, no, no, no, these ones are big. And they said, how do they look like? And then I said, look, I've lived in Japan and this is the delicacy. I mean, Asians, like on a daily basis, I eat shrimp in Japan. So how come you guys don't know? So, you know, the university came in and then we started the pilot and then now it's history because now we are spreading all over Africa about this project, the shrimp farm project because look at our water bodies. When I looked at it when the university came and we were going around, we were looking at our water bodies. Our lands are virgin, water not contaminated and that is what shrimp likes. I mean, like, this is mind blowing. But the water I'm seeing, I don't know where does the water come from? It comes here. We are in the middle of the sea and the river. So the mixture of sea and river is what we are using at this point. We are blessed. Is that the technique behind it? That is the technique behind it because... So you can't use river alone? No, you can't use river alone. No, you need a mixture of sea and we call it brackish water. And that is the water that is meant for shrimp production. So everything we do here, you need a mixture before it will happen. I mean, I'm kind of confused because I don't know whether you went to school to learn how to do fish. How do you call it? Shrimp farming. How did you learn it? So along the way, you see now we are, thank God, I mean, we are in the era of information. So everything that you really put your mind into, I mean, you can achieve it. I mean, yes, I go to the professors, those are doing marine to learn, study from them. And I do my own research too. You know, we're in the era of Professor Google. So Google helped you? It does a lot. Google is your friend, yeah? It does a lot. Let me know, how many acres in here? Now here we have 38 acres here. But the bigger project we have over 1200 acres that we want to start. In fact, we've started constructing the pond. I read this, I mean, before I came in here. They said you have the Garnes New Oil. Exactly, it is the Garnes New Oil. It is more than lucrative. Have you seen a business that gives you 100% profit? Shrimp Farm gives you 100% profit. Wow. Yes, it does. But how many shrimps do you have? Here alone, we have three tons that we are going to harvest. You know, 3,000 kg. I'm not a good mathematician, but you do the mass, multiply it by 10 or 11 dollars because now the sizes we have, the market price is between 11 and 12 dollars. We are hoping that December it will shoot to 15. So we are waiting to see when it is December, then we get 15 to 16 dollars. So if you do the mass, you have three tons here. If you have 2,000 pounds, that each has 3 pounds, 3,000 kg, you do the mass. Wow, now I believe it's the Garnes New Oil. It is. Wow. It is. But I just want to know, did you start this alone? I started it with, like I told you, the university started and then I picked it up. But now I'm doing it alone. Wow. I'm doing it alone. It's capital intensive, very, very intensive, but you know, the most I've been good so far. We've been able to manage. But since you're saying it's creative, don't you think you need people to support you? I need more than more than more than people, more than support. I mean, I want investors who will be partners. You name it. I mean, fund management, whoever can, whatever, whatever to expand the business because the opportunity is here. Like I told you, fine, Southeast Asia are doing their thing. But you see, they started 40, 50 years ago and you can tell how contaminated, excuse me to say, but yeah, their land is now gone. Yeah, but here we are, Virgin land, water's clean, which is what the shrimp wants. What else? And the hard work, the good side of it is that the investor who will be coming, we've already done the hard work. Everything is set for him to come and start making his money. So it's a done deal. I would love to see some of the shrimp before we continue. Surely, surely, surely, surely. Let me get my guys, they will come right now and then we'll get it done. One of the staff who is going to handle the harvest, I mean, he will demonstrate how we harvest the shrimp from the pond and this is what we do. We wash them, we take them slowly, quietly and then we do the packing. So throw it. Oh, okay. Yes. So this is how we do in maybe five minutes, you'll see what will come out of this net that we just threw. Five minutes is up, let's see what we got. All right. Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. There they come. Oh, that one has a stick. Yes, yes. Oh, okay. Ah, yes. That's a lot. So reach it. Okay, let me show you this one. Oops. That is Black Tiger Shrimp Monodon. So what type of fish? I keep on saying fish, fish. What type of shrimp are you doing? Monodon. We do Black Tiger. This is, the Botanical name is Monodon. Is it the most expensive? The most expensive shrimp. Yes. Wow. It's fresh. It's fresh and healthy. I can eat this raw. Yes, I do too. But my guys, they will run when you start eating it raw. You live in Asia, you have to eat it. So look at it. Look at the size and look at how healthy they are. As for the taste, it speaks for itself. I have to try it out. I have to try it out. But how do you feed them? Okay. Like I told you, I will take you to one of our guys. Then you see it. So which means that you have people that you work with? Yes, I have people that I work with. You train them? Yes, we train them. We train them. They are locals. We train them. And they are all over the pond. They are actually creating employment in Begada. We are doing and we want to do more. And this is what will create opportunity for Ghanians for them to stop traveling outside. Taking all the risk in going to Europe through those devious means. But you know when we were growing up, you told us that shrimp farming, fish farming, farming is for poor people. Unfortunately, we've been misled. But... We've been misled. Farming is a thing of the day. Imagine corona came. People were still eating, isn't it? Exactly. Yeah, we had lockdowns. You are in the house. You still eat, isn't it? Yeah. So we've been misled. I just want to know, yeah. I don't know if you want to tell me. When I came here, I've not seen any baby shrimp. I've just seen baby shrimp all over. What do you gather? Okay, it's a top secret. We have a hatchery. Where we hatch. So this is about 3 kg. Just one net. And we have 3 kg. I just want to know, yeah. Do you just sell this in Ghana? Yes, we sell in Ghana and we sell to neighboring countries. Abidjan and Togo. And one other place that they call us. Madagascar called us. Yes, Madagascar called us. Most of my audience are not in Africa alone. Okay. They're all over the place. Sure. On my channel, we say it's by force to support an African business. Sure. So I'm going to tell them that it's by force for them to order the shrimps from you. To order the shrimps and to invest in expanding the business. That is fantastic. Fantastic. If you want to order the shrimps, you have to contact the numbers on your screen. You also want to invest in this shrimp farming. Contact the numbers on your screen. You're not going to talk to me. You're going to talk to him directly. Sure. And yeah. Can I, I want to see that hatching. Sure. I'll take you there. Thank you. So we're just coming from the blue stock. Okay. We saw the male and female. Yeah. Okay. So when they produce eggs and then the pears are ready. Then we transferred them into these ponds. So this pond. I'm trying to tell me that with all the shrimp that we see there. Yes. It was just from these two people. Just from these two. Two shrimps. Two shrimps. Two shrimps. And this is what they give us. What you are seeing now are the shrimps. You are the shrimps. Yes. These are the shrimps. How many eggs they lay? They lay between 1 million to 3 million. Eggs. Let me repeat again. Between 1 million. Just that one. Just that one. Between 1 and 3 million. So what we have here is between 1.5 to 2.5 million babies. And then like how many months does it take before you transfer them to that place? A month. Maximum a month. And then we transfer them to the production pond. Growth pond. There is another question that I did not ask. Sure. So we have like how many stages? From getting the blue stalk from the male and female. From the eggs. When they lay the eggs it comes to 1 pond there and then when the babies are ready the peels then it comes. So in all these 4 stages? 4 stages. But I'm not seeing a cold storm because I know when shrimps are out of water. Yes. They don't survive for a long time. Sure. So we are done from the harvesting. There's a cold room that we pack the shrimp. Can we see where the cold room is? Definitely. I'm going to show you where the cold room is. This is the cold room. Wow. This is where we stalk everything that comes from the pond. This is where we stalk them. And then from here? From here it goes outside. You did an amazing job. Thanks a lot. And I just want to say that congratulations for building the biggest shrimp farm. I mean shrimp farming here in Ghana. Thank you. But I just also want to ask you do you believe that Africa is the future? It is. It is more than the future. We have everything here. This is where life started. So why is it not the future? Everything is here and I'm sending this message to all the brothers in Diaspora that look we can make it. Once life started here what it is that we can do here? But hey we all left and we are coming back. If we are coming back you cannot tell me that when you started your shrimp farming you never faced any challenges. Can you just let me know what are some of the difficulties that you faced when you started? It's just like in any other country. There are challenges in starting a business. Stand those challenges, overcome those challenges and then you move on. Yes, you asked me a question. The direct thing I'll tell you is that yes there are challenges. Yes, what are the challenges? Mindset, of course you have to train these kids slowly, slowly. You can't expect them to pick it up today. No, you slowly, slowly you train them. Like you saw my guys over there. You will see some very soon. We are training them and they are coping. We are getting there. I just want to say thank you so much for talking to me and wish you all the best. And my subscribers out there will definitely come and invest and some will also come and buy. Thank you. So if they come in here let me know that. I would definitely know you. Thank you Hoda Maia. I appreciate it. Then keep up the good work.