thermolabile compounds and polyunsaturated fatty acids is often reduced [3, 9, 11]. Therefore, the qualities of fish dried using different methods cannot be the same. Also the shelf life of fish dried in an electrically-operated oven varies from that of fish dried using a smoking kiln. The objective of this study is to determine the nutritional properties of raw tilapia fish and tilapia fish dried using smoking kiln and electric oven so as to ascertain the effects of drying methods on nutritional properties of the fish.