Is fish farming the answer to food insecurity in Africa? Over
the next few decades Africa’s population is expected to expand
to more than that of China or India, constituting about 23% of
the global population by 2050. It is also expected that Africa’s
urbanisation will continue to increase, following trends
witnessed in the last 50 years. About 50% of Africa’s population
will be living in cities before 2025, according to these
forecasts. African Futures 2050 predicts that the populations of
West and East Africa will be two and a half times those
predicted for North, Central and Southern Africa combined by
2050. Although this movement contributes to an increase in human
productivity it is not sustainable, and will place a huge demand
on governments and states to provide sufficient survival
opportunities. Africa’s coastline stretches for about 32,000 km
along two oceans and four seas: the Atlantic and Indian oceans,
the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Africa also has large inland
waterways such as the Congo, Za