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  • Welcome!

    Omualu is a fishing company operating from the harbour town of Walvis Bay on the west coast of Namibia.

    Omualu is 100% Namibian owned and boasts with more than 700 workers. We specialize in the catching, processing, and marketing of fish and related seafood products for local and international markets.

    Birth Omualu

    Omualu was formed in 2012 following the granting of seven year fishing rights to five companies for the commercial harvesting of horse mackerel. The five companies operate in a joint venture (Omualu) to which annual quotas are allocated. The word Omualu is translated from Oshindonga, a Namibian indigenous language, and literaly translates into “the sum”. Ownership structure:

    • Omukwa Management Fishing (Pty) Ltd
    • Aluhe Fishing (Pty) Ltd
    • Queen Kaleinasho Fishing (Pty) Ltd
    • Omdiva Fishing (Pty) Ltd
    • Mo-be Fishing
    Each shareholder has its own shareholding structure, ensuring broad-based equity participation and beneficial ownership made up of previously disadvantaged individuals, war veterans, the youth, women, and traditional authorities.

  • Our Services

    Vessel Operations
    In 2013 Omualu Fishing acquired a motor fishing vessel named “Green Sea”. The vessel was converted from a freezer hake trawler into a mid-water trawler, making it the first Namibian flagged vessel in mid-water fishery. The vessel has a capacity to catch 10,000 mt of horse mackerel per annum and has a crew complement of fifty five seamen. Other vessels are chartered where necessary to catch the allocated quotas.



  • Factory Operations

    • Omualu acquired a fish processing plant, formerly known as Talanam in 2014. The plant has a floor coverage 3800 sqm on an erf of 9000 sqm and is operated by seven hundred employees (mostly women) in shifts. The plant boasts world-class facilities that allow us to process fish to the highest standards. The factory operation adheres to the highest global food safety standards. The facility is approved by the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) for exports to the European Union.

    • We provide a variety of processing options for our clients including retail bags, individually quick frozen (IQF), private-label and plain and bulk packaging. The plant has six plate freezers which can hold 6mt each at a time and four blast freezers which can hold 20mt of product at a time.

    • Fresh, frozen, retail ready and value added
      Omualu has various agreements with fishing companies to process their fish and seafood products according to specific requirements. These include, among others, hake, monk, horse mackerel, john dory, blue shark, tuna, squid and by-catches. Some of the raw material is imported.

    • Fish is received whole round or headed and gutted into the factory and is processed by:
      Cleaning
      Grading
      Filleting
      Portioning
      Skinning
      Mincing

    • Products are then packed, interleafed, IQF (individually quick frozen) or IWP (individually wrap packed), or packed in retail packaging as per the clients requirements. Horse mackerel is graded as 16-, 16+, 18+, 20+ and 25+.

  • Board of Directors

    Mr Johannes N. Nanyeni
    Chairman

    Mr Lucien Mouton
    Director

    Mr Sacky P. Kadhila-Amoomo
    Managing Director

    Mr Chris W.H. Nghaamwa
    Deputy Chairman

    Mr Gerson T. Nehemia
    Financial Director

  • Our People

    Omualu takes great pride in our workforce. From top management to middle management, supervisors and factory staff, we engage, motivate and encourage our team to take ownership of our brand, the business and its operations. We are dedicated to provide a workplace that supports the health and well-being of our employees and their families. We strive for and achieve a positive rewarding environment where our team can live, work and grow.

    Contact Us

    No 271, 12th street East, Light Industrial Area, Walvis Bay
    Telephone: +264 64 209 998;
    Fsx: +264 64 209 123;
    E-mail: info@omualu.com.na

  • Our Goals

    Our Vision
    To be the epitome of transformation in the fishing industry.

    Our Mission
    1. To harvest marine resources in a sustainable and responsible manner;
    2. To promote employment for Namibians;
    3. To provide customers with quality products and services; and
    4. To maximize stakeholder value.

    Our Values
    1. Integrity;
    2. Quality;
    3. Safety;
    4. Value addition;
    5. Social Responsibility; and
    6. Teamwork

  • Quality Assurance

    The Omualu factory and facilities are HACCP compliant and have EU accreditation.
    Products comply with the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) and Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) regulations and standards.
    Our quality department ensures that our customers get the highest quality seafood and seafood products possible. We maintain a stringiest HACCP plan and monitor our critical control points continuously. Food safety is our main concern and we have many programs in place to provide the highest quality seafood.
    Our programs include:
    • Pest control
    • Sanitation
    • Chemical control
    Our product quality is checked recurrently against our in-house specifications and customer requirements.

    HACCP certification
    Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP, is a systematic preventive approach to food safety. It covers biological, chemical, and physical hazards in production processes and designs measurements to reduce these risks to a safe level. In this manner, HACCP is referred to as the prevention of hazards rather than finished product inspection. The HACCP system can be used at all stages of a food chain, from food production and preparation processes, to packaging and distribution. HACCP compliance is regulated by NSI to which Omualu subscribes.

    ISO 9001
    The ISO 9000 family of quality management systems standards is designed to help organizations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders while adhering to statutory and regulatory requirements related to a product. ISO 9000 series are based on eight quality management principles.
    Principle 1: Customer Focus
    Principle 2: Leadership
    Principle 3: Involvement of people
    Principle 4: Process approach
    Principle 5: System approach to management
    Principle 6: Continual improvement
    Principle 7: Factual approach to decision making
    Principle 8: Mutually beneficial supplier relationships.

  • Management Team

    Mr Sacky P. Kadhila-Amoomo
    Position: Managing Director
    Sacky has been with Omualu since inception November 2013, first serving as the Vice-Chairman before being appointed as the Managing Director. Prior to joing Omualu, Sacky was the General Manager for the Pereira Group in Namibia, having joined the fishing industry in 2008. Sacky is a qualified and admitted Legal Practitioner of the High Court of Namibia.

    Ms. Bianca Grimbeek
    Position: Manager Finance
    Bianca started her career in 1994 working as a PA for senior management in the fishing industry and later became an Office Manager. She was appointed as an Accountant in the hospitality industry in 2004 where she also acted as assistant GM whenever required. Bianca was employed by Omualu as Manager: Finance in February 2011 and is responsible for the integrity of the Financial Accounting System which includes the Cashbook, Debtors and Creditors.

    Ms. Niiye Kashuupulwa
    Position: Manager: Human Resources
    Niiye started her career during 2005 working for the High Commissioner of Namibia. Subsequently she was employed by the Namibian Central Bank and later at a recruitment agency while studying towards her degree in Human Resources. Niiye was employed by Omualu as Manager: Human Resources in July 2014. She is responsible for developing and maintaining policies, directs and coordinates human resources activities, such as employment, compensation, performance management and wage structure, labour relations, benefits, training, and employee services.

    Mrs. Mariana Holtzhausen
    Position: General Manager: Finance, Sales and Administration
    Mariana started her career in 1992 working as a PA for an auditing firm. In 1996 she was employed as a bookkeeper and in 1999 as a Financial and Administrative Manager in an FMCG factory. She started her own property business in 2003 which she managed until 2008 when she joined Omualu. Marianna started as Financial Manager in 2008 and was promoted to General Manager in 2009.

    Mr. Natanael Shikoyeni
    Position: Manager: Maintenance and Properties
    Natanael started his career in the fishing industry in 1997 working on different fishing vessels. He became the Assistant to the Maintenance Manager of Blue Sea Fishing in 2007. Natanael was employed by Omualu in March 2015 as the Manager: Maintenance and Properties where his responsibilities include the factory and vessel maintenance and security control.

    Mr. Ernst Holtzhausen
    Position: Manager: Factory
    Ernst started his career in 1980 as a diesel mechanic in training. He then moved on to logistics and training (Logistics and Production Control Trainer) from 1991 to 2006. After this he took on entrepreneurial ventures from 2006 to 2013 which included a restaurant and an industrial cleaning business for fish factories from 2009 to 2013. Ernst was employed by Omualu as Manager: Factory in November 2013 and his responsibilities include the Processing-, Quality- and Cleaning departments.

  • Social Responsibility

    Social Responsibility
    Omualu endeavors to support projects which have a positive and lasting impact on Namibia, the local community of Walvis Bay, and the fishing industry as a whole. In recent years Omualu donated to various causes including blankets to senior citizens and jerseys and blankets to all seven hundred factory employees plus food and household items to fire victims in the suburb of Kuisebmond in Walvis Bay. Omualu has assisted students with study fees and single parents to pay for household expenses thereby catering for the basic needs of their children. In addition, cash contributions are made annually to National Fish Consumption Day.