Seaweed farming – Zanzibar, Zanzania

Overview

Learn about seaweed farming in Zanzibar. During the low tide, you will witness first-hand seaweed farming, understand the techniques, see the products created from seaweed and be amazed at the social impact these projects are doing. It gives you the opportunity to see and learn about the seaweed farming and products that are made and the beautiful social impact this project as they are making local seaweed soaps.

The Seaweed Center is a social responsible initiative that provides over 40 female seaweed farmers in Paje, Zanzibar, with an opportunity to better their lives and benefit their community. The project comprises seaweed farms on the Paje Beach, a gathering site for seaweed processing as well as a seaweed products factory located approximately 1 hour drive from Stone Town. The factory produces soaps, creams and other treatment scrubs from seaweed flavored with other organic ingredients such as Lang Lang that are currently sold locally to the villagers around, to the neaighbouring tourist hotels, in Stone Town and slowly beginning to be distributed around East Africa.