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Fri, Jun 03, 2022 3:10 PM

Why Now Is The Ideal Time To Invest In Africa, The Fastest Growing Continent In The World

That’s not stopping Kenyan founder, Talash Huijbers, from expanding her two-year-old startup, InsectiPro, which rears Black Soldier fly larvae for animal feed and cricket protein for human consumption. Driven by aspirations to reduce the 1,900 tons of organic waste produced every day in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, and to provide an alternative to costly fish meal-based animal feed, Huijbers says one of the benefits of building a business in Kenya is that she lives in “organized chaos,” which entrepreneurs need to deal with on a regular basis, irrespective of where they reside.  

Pre-pandemic, InsectiPro produced two tons of larvae on a daily basis. In addition to her quintessential Kenyan lifestyle and surroundings, Huijbers says Kenya’s thriving, collaborative startup community is what keeps her and her 62 team members on their toes. 

“Every day, there's something changing,” she shares. “We're moving machines around.  New people are coming on. We have different visitors with specific expertise come every day. So we learn a lot. Everything is done by practice, and it makes us stronger as a team. If you ask anybody on my team how to work with a Black Soldier fly, they know exactly how to do it because we all work in the field. It's stressful because a lot of things change every day, but it also remains very exciting.” 

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