Nigerian woman entrepreneur tackles hunger and empowerment through fishery
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00:00 My name is Dupwe Kila Kafidike.
00:08 I'm the founder and CEO of Platinum Fisheries.
00:12 I run this ethical and sustainable seafood production company.
00:17 This is where we raise the eggs all the way to when we cut the eggs.
00:47 We can transfer them as fingerlings to the nursery.
00:51 These upper vats and lower vats contain the livestock at different stages, ranging from
01:00 seven days to 21 days.
01:25 It was clear to me that the problem we had with food insecurity in Nigeria needed a unique
01:32 set of solutions that I could provide, given my experience, given my passion for aquaculture,
01:41 which I just developed an interest in at the time, that we could solve this problem.
01:47 We could create our own healthy source of seafood, and we could do it ethically and
01:54 sustainably with kindness to the environment.
01:57 And what's more, we could teach it forward to local community members, to other women
02:03 like myself.
02:04 Feed when they turn to four weeks.
02:33 Be sure that you are happy with it.
02:35 This is what we want to see.
02:39 When she took me to this place to have fish, something here, when I start with her, sell
02:44 with her, it changed my life.
02:47 I sell it again, and I have plenty.
02:51 I use the money to do plenty things.
02:53 Because I use the money to send my money to Philippines to now.
02:57 Thank God.
02:58 I'm still a young woman, but I'm still okay.
03:02 This is the size, and we already used the nets.
03:08 So I think we have up to, we have 5,000 units.
03:13 Yes, we have 5,000 units here.
03:20 We have a lot of fish.
03:42 We have a lot of fish.
04:11 Over 85% of the seafood we consume in this country are imported.
04:18 Add to this problem, the situation with the economy, with the effects and so on.
04:25 We are approaching a high level of food insecurity at this time.
04:51 We know that if you teach a woman to fish, you're feeding nations and as well providing
04:58 a source of livelihood for women.
05:01 So for all of the women I have interacted with that have trained to raise fish, to process
05:09 fish, to sell fish, the first thing they do is there is an assurance of, if you like,
05:18 meals for the family and then income generation.
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