Buyers
Dried seaweed supplied in volume, sourced directly from farmers in Pemba.
Seaweed trading
Blue Ventures
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Seaweed, traded fairly
Blue Ventures buys seaweed from the farmers who grow it in Pemba and sells it on.
Seaweed farming on the island is mostly done by women, standing in the water at low tide, and what the work earns them depends entirely on who buys it and at what price. A trader who pays late, pays little, or disappears at the end of a season decides how that household eats.
That is the reason the company exists rather than the marketing around it. It sits inside her wider work supporting the island community in Pemba.
- Trade
- Seaweed trading
- Status
- Trading.
- Founder
- Jackline Malavanu, pharmacist
- Why
- Part of her work supporting the island community in Pemba.
Who it serves
What you can ask for
Farmers in Pemba
A buyer who agrees a price and pays it, season after season.
Partners
Organisations working on coastal livelihoods and women's income on the islands.
Her other ventures
Talk to her about Blue Ventures
Tell her what you need and how much of it, and she will come back with range, price and timing.