About SeaBlue
A Tanzanian blue-economy company built from listening.
SeaBlue Innovators grew from time spent with coastal communities — understanding the seaweed economy first-hand, then building an enterprise that returns value to the people closest to the sea.
How it began at Kwale Island
A cycle where value flows both ways.
The journey
In 2023, founder Farhiya Elmy travelled to Kwale Island to understand coastal life and the seaweed economy first-hand.
The encounter
She met women working the ocean in difficult conditions, carrying the hardest labour of the seaweed trade.
The contradiction
Communities lived beside enormous natural wealth, yet captured little of the value the ocean produced.
The response
SeaBlue Innovators was created to close that gap — restoring ecosystems while returning value to the people closest to the sea.
The model
A cycle where value flows both ways.
Healthy oceans and strong livelihoods reinforce each other — each step feeds the next, and value stays with the community.
Healthy ocean
Restored reefs and cleaner water
Stronger livelihoods
Reliable income for women and youth
Higher-value products
Premium, natural seaweed goods
Community stewardship
Local ownership sustains the cycle
Milestones
A timeline still being written.
2023
Founding inspiration at Kwale Island
A visit to Kwale Island exposes the gap between ocean wealth and community wellbeing.
Early work
Community engagement & product development
Listening, relationship-building, and first experiments turning seaweed into products.
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Mwani na Pwani
Processing support and partnership strengthen the value chain.
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SEA-FARMERS
A restorative aquaculture pilot links livelihoods with ocean recovery.
Future
Expansion across coastal communities
Scaling the model to more geographies along the Tanzanian coast.
What guides us
The values we work by.
Partners & collaborators
People building value from the ocean, together.
Organisations we work alongside — published once relationships are confirmed and approved.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency - TIKÀ
Project PartnersTIKA partnered with us in women and youth empowerment through seaweed value addition programs such as MWANI NA PWANI.
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SoteHub
Grant DonorsSoteHub partnered with us on SEA FARMERS project and supported us on improvement of our facility and production level.
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Anza Enterpreneurs
Capacity building partnersWe partnered with Anza in organization capacity building through Climate launch pad
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