Fresh fish, sustainable livelihoods
Fresh tilapia, farmed on Lake Victoria
Billy Fish is a woman-led fish farm at Usigu, Siaya County. We breed our own fingerlings, grow them in cages on the lake and deliver fresh tilapia across Kenya.
- Runs on solar power
- Own hatchery
- Delivered cold
500,000+
fish growing in our cages on Lake Victoria
1.5 tonnes
of fresh tilapia dispatched every day
100+
traders served every day, most of them women
2019
the year we started farming
Lake to plate
From the lake to your plate
Follow one fish from our hatchery at Usigu to your crate.
- Bred in our hatchery Young tilapia start life in our hatchery at Usigu, which runs on solar power.
- Grown in the lake Fingerlings go into our deep-water cages off Uwaria Beach.
- Hand-fed every day Our team feeds every cage by hand and keeps a record for each one.
- Harvested and delivered fresh Fish go into crates of ice and onto our refrigerated truck the same day.
What brings you here?
Choose one and we’ll show you what we can do for you.
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I’m buying fish
Fresh tilapia
Whole Nile tilapia, sold by the kilo. Traders collect every day; hotels, schools and hospitals get scheduled deliveries.
Sizes for every buyer
Small, medium and large fish, from market stalls to hotel kitchens.
Delivered cold
Our refrigerated truck supplies Kisumu, Kakamega, Vihiga, Kisii, Migori, Nairobi and Mombasa.
I’m a fish farmer
Fingerlings
Nile tilapia fingerlings from our solar-powered hatchery, for cages and ponds.
Cage farming management
We manage the cages of 29 women’s groups and can run yours too.
Sell us your fish
We buy fish from smallholder farmers through our hubs in Kisumu, Kakamega and Homa Bay.
Where to find us
From Usigu to seven towns
Our fish leaves the farm at Usigu every morning. Tap a place to zoom in and get directions.
- Kisumu
- Kakamega
- Vihiga
- Kisii
- Migori
- Nairobi
- Mombasa
our farm, office and hubs
The real thing
Meet the people behind the fish
Billy Fish is woman-led. Most of the traders we supply are women, and 29 women’s groups farm their own cages with us.
News & Blogs
Latest from the farm
- How to order fish from Billy FishOrder on WhatsApp, pay by M-Pesa, collect or get delivery. A two-minute guide.
- Why we feed every cage by hand
Every one of our cages is fed by hand, every day. Here is why.
Need fish this week?
Send us a WhatsApp with how many kilos you need and where you are. We will confirm the day’s price and when your fish will be ready.