Finnish investment firm Finnfund has made a $6 million (€5.4 million) equity investment into Yalelo Limited, the largest tilapia farmer in Zambia.

Yalelo also secured a $10.5 million (€9.35 million) loan from Dutch development bank FMO earlier this year.

The company currently produces around 12,000 metric tons of tilapia annually but expects to more than double that to 25,000 metric tons with the new investments.