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Start a fish smoking and processing business

Fresh fish→Smoked fish, and frozen fish for markets and shops

Smoked fish goes into soups and stews across Ghana and abroad. An improved oven smokes more fish with less firewood and less smoke in the cook’s eyes. Insulated boxes and a freezer keep fresh fish good until it is smoked or sold.

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Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.

The line, step by step

What happens from fresh fish to smoked fish, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.

  1. Keep it cold

    Ice and insulated boxes keep fish fresh from the landing beach.

    Insulated fish boxes

  2. Scale and clean

    Add later

    Scales fish fast. Small processors start with knives.

    Fish scaling machines

  3. Smoke

    Smokes fish in a closed kiln, faster and more evenly than an open fire.

    Fish smoking ovens

  4. Freeze

    Add later

    Freezes fresh fish hard and fast, so it keeps for weeks.

    Blast freezers

  5. Pack

    Add later

    Seals smoked fish in bags for shops and export.

    Chamber vacuum packing machines

Starter line

The machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Insulated fish boxesKeep it cold
  2. Fish smoking ovensSmoke
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Full line

Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Insulated fish boxesKeep it cold
  2. Fish scaling machinesScale and clean
  3. Fish smoking ovensSmoke
  4. Blast freezersFreeze
  5. Chamber vacuum packing machinesPack
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Power

Smoking ovens burn wood or charcoal and need no power. Freezers and packers need steady electricity, so plan for solar or a generator.

Grow machine by machine

Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.

Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.

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Walk-in cold rooms

Insulated cold rooms with cooling units for fish, meat and drinks traders.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

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Machines & heavy equipment

Ice block making machines

Brine-tank and direct-cooling machines that make ice blocks for fish, drinks and cold boxes.

Ask for our priceLowest price guaranteed. Seen it cheaper in Ghana? We match it.

In Accra 1 Jan to 15 Feb if you order by Fri 13 Nov, 6pm

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Before you buy

  1. Smoke is hard on the lungs. A closed kiln with a chimney protects the people who work at it.
  2. Fish is cheapest when the catch is good. A freezer lets you buy then and smoke or sell later.
  3. Packed fish for shops or export needs FDA Ghana registration. Export buyers may ask for more; ask them.

Are you ready for the machines?

Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.

  • Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.

  • Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.

  • Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.

  • Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.

  • Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.

  • Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.

  • Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.

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Buying a machine with Landed

  • One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
  • A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
  • The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
  • Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
  • Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
  • Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
  • A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.

Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.