About NileX · held at −18°C

Seafood import, wholesale & premium retail · Launching in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

At NileX, we bring the world's best farmed fish to Ethiopia's kitchens. With certified sources and an unbroken cold chain, NileX is built to deliver consistent, restaurant-grade seafood — cut to your needs, and kept cold from start to finish.

01 · The story

A landlocked country. A rising appetite for fish.

Ethiopia has no coastline, and its lakes are under growing pressure — while demand from hotels and restaurants keeps rising. Good, consistent fish has been hard to get, and harder to trust.

So we went to the source. Our whitefish is farmed in the Mekong Delta; our salmon in the cold waters of Norway and Chile, processed in certified plants in Vietnam, ready to be imported to Ethiopia. Every product is traceable to its origin.

What was missing was a trustworthy bridge to carry it — cold and documented — all the way to Addis. NileX is that link, built and run end to end.

02 · Sourcing philosophy

Specify, don't settle

We don't just sell "fish." We deliver a written standard — cut, size, glaze and packing — repeated order after order, so a kitchen serves the same result every time.

Own the cold

The cold chain is everything. NileX is built to keep the fish cold at every step — from the farm in the Mekong to our cold store in Addis Ababa — so it never warms up, and you never have to take our word for it.

Stand at both ends

One of us chooses the farms in Vietnam; the other delivers in Addis. No anonymous middleman — you always speak to the person with their hands on the fish.

03 · Two countries, one line

A two-country operation, by design.

Addis Ababa

Selam Adamasu

Director of Sales & Procurement

Your contact in Ethiopia. Selam handles pricing, orders, delivery and the paperwork your buyers and auditors need — and makes sure the fish and the papers both arrive.

Vietnam

Ruhama Eshetu

Director of Sourcing

On the ground in the Mekong Delta. Ruhama chooses the farms, checks every order against your standard and guards quality before a single box is frozen — so what leaves Vietnam is already right.

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