June 20, 2023
Africa: In Comoros, leaders outline a common vision to harness Africa's maritime potential
Moroni, 19 June 2023 (ECA) - A historic ministerial meeting took place on 14 June in Moroni, the capital city of the Comoros, where blue economy experts and government officials… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: African leaders to advance the blue economy and climate action in Moroni
Moroni, Union of Comoros, 10 June 2023 (ECA) - A three-day ministerial conference on " The Blue Economy and Climate Action in Africa: Island and Coastal States at the Forefront "… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: Leaders from Western Indian Ocean countries share progress on Great Blue Wall at COP27
Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, 9 November 2022 (ECA) – At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik, heads of state and senior government officials from the Western Indian Ocean region and… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Africa: Blue Walls, Green Bonds and Debt-For-Nature: From pledges to implementation in Africa
Cairo, 9 September 2022 (ECA) — How do you finance a fair post-pandemic green and sustainable recovery? And how do you turn pledges into action? African ministers of finance,… Read more »
February 09, 2020
Africa: UN Secretary General Calls for Action to Protect World's Oceans
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, on Saturday called on the international community to protect the oceans from further abuse, and enable humankind to live… Read more »
November 18, 2019
Africa: Namibia to Implement a Blue Economy Governance and Management System By 2022 Says Khomas Region Governor
ECA, MFMR) - Namibia is in the process of finalising a blue economy national policy as outlined in its 5th National Development Plan (NDP5). Read more »
March 24, 2019
Africa: ECA Support Requested for Stronger Coordination of Maritime Strategies to Achieve Blue Economy in Africa
A panel of senior African officials and blue economy experts taking part in the 8th North Africa Development Forum (NADF) on Saturday 23 March, called upon ECA to help step up… Read more »
November 27, 2018
Africa: ECA Chief Pledges Continued Support for Africa's Blue Economy
In her remarks during the Leaders Commitment Segment of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference on 26 November in Nairobi, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic… Read more »
November 03, 2018
Africa: ECA and Partners Meet for Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi
The two-day event kicks off on 26 November with focus on the priorities and challenges of establishing a sustainable blue economy and its contribution to the implementation of the… Read more »
September 20, 2018
Southern Africa: Partnerships and Collaboration Essential for Development of SADC's Blue Economy
Southern African countries need to collaborate more in their quest to exploit opportunities presented by the blue economy, a ministerial high level roundtable agreed Wednesday. Read more »
August 29, 2018
Southern Africa: Senior Government Officials and Experts to Discuss Blue Economy, Inclusive Industrialization and Economic Development in Southern Africa
The ECA office for Southern Africa will organize the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts (ICE) of Southern Africa on the theme "Blue Economy,… Read more »
November 07, 2017
Comoros: Moroni Meeting - How to Unlock the Full Potential of the Blue Economy?
Globally, ocean wealth is valued at $ 24 trillion. If oceans were a country, they would constitute the seventh largest economy in the world. These resources of the blue economy… Read more »
May 02, 2017
Africa: Tackling Maritime-Related Issues in Africa
Stakeholders in Africa's maritime sector will converge in Abidjan, Côte d' Ivoire, from 21-23 June 2017, for a policy dialogue dubbed, "Governance of Maritime Resources and… Read more »
May 11, 2017
Africa: Marine Mineral Resources to Benefit All Including Landlocked States
Seabed mining experts from all over the world convened from 2 to 4 May 2017 in the capital of the landlocked state of Uganda to discuss opportunities and explore the potentials of… Read more »
April 24, 2017
Africa: Global Seabed Mining Experts to Discuss Potentials of Marine Resources
Global experts in seabed mining are gathering together in Kampala, Uganda from May 2 to 4 to discuss the potentials of marine resources in advancing the continental and global… Read more »
December 23, 2016
East Africa: The Indian Ocean Commission Endorses the Handbook On the Blue Economy Published By the ECA
Kigali, 23 December (ECA) - In the Agenda 2063 of the African Union, it is asserted that the "blue-world" should be major contributors to the transformation and growth of the… Read more »
June 20, 2016
Africa: Africa's Blue Economy: An Opportunity Not to be Missed*
Africa's "Blue word" is made of vast lakes and rivers and an extensive ocean resource base. Thirty-eight of the fifty-four African States are coastal States. More than 90 percent… Read more »
August 27, 2014
Africa: Blue Economy - Are African Small Islands Ready to Embrace the Opportunities?
The ECA will launch a paper on the potential of Blue Economy in African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at a side event during the third Small Island Developing States… Read more »
Africa: "Unlocking Full Potentials of the Blue Economy - Are African SIDS Ready to Embrace the Opportunities?" Storyline
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