How Africa’s First Caviar Won Over Michelin-Starred Restaurants In Europe | Big Business

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How Africa’s First Caviar Won Over Michelin-Starred Restaurants In Europe | Big Business


In 2009, French entrepreneurs took a massive gamble: building a luxury industry in one of the world’s poorest countries. Before Acipenser, no companies had successfully farmed caviar in Africa. Today, its caviar is served in Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe. How did they get customers from around the world to take a chance on African…

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  1. If you read two seconds into Madagascar's history, you'll find there was also a major Coup in early 2009. The same year this company "took a gamble" to invest.
    In 2021 over 1 million in Madagascar were at risk of famine.
    Poor countries creating wealth and products for rich French people how disgusting. This is literally just a modern day sugar plantation.

  2. The problem with our laws in America

    It is illegal to own a beluga

    But it is ok to purchase their eggs to eat.

    All farmed fish and farmed ornate fish should be allowed.

  3. So they basically poisoned a fresh water source for money ! Why poison ? Antibiotics and parasites are on their way. Limiting nuisance does not mean it won’t happen. Exploiters of poverty and ignorance for profit = long term disaster

  4. How did they convince locals… easy, jobs that paid better than any other in the area and investment in the area, however, those costs are easily offset by the cost of land and labor being staggeringly low for a luxury product. Let’s not act like they’re doing this out of the kindness of their hearts this is just how capitalism works.

  5. Now… introducing large amounts of a non native fish will generate jobs true… but, what about the pollution and the deseases or parasites, this type of farming it’s been implemented around the world and it doesn’t produce at long term quality fish meats or products, base on what it does to they water quality. So in the beginning everything will be ok, but just temporary.

  6. Thumbs down. Once again, when the elites consume or produce they blame the peasants about conservation and that its their fault things are going extinct.

  7. not only introduces a luxury market in Madagascar but also demonstrates a sustainable model of local employment and ecological awareness. This venture highlights how luxury industries can drive economic growth and provide substantial community benefits in developing regions.

  8. As usual, the success stories aren't found in sub saharan Africa but in North Africa or in this case, the island of Madagascar, which is more like Asia than Africa.

  9. There are ways to extract caviar from sturgeon so as not to kill the sturgeon, called milking, you get caviar without killing the animal, and the animal lives and subsequently brings the same caviar

  10. All this work to get rich people their fish eggs. All this money used to increase carbon footprint globally and especially in that area, so rich people can have their salty fish genetic material to have on some crackers.

  11. Building largest industry in World poorest country. Heh, don't know either I'm going cry or laugh from that statement.

    1st… There are reason why others country banned this fish. Ask French why didn't they harvest the beluga's in their country. The regulations alone make you think 10 times if you want to open there.

    2nd… Madagascar is not supposed to be poor country. Africa is rich with they're recourses. Entire world know greedy European exploitation to Africa.

    I really want to write this sentences for so long now. Just waiting for right time. Maybe one day in future. For sure the European will be offended as they think they are 1st class citizens in the world.