Africa’s Blue Economy: Regional Cooperation for a Sustainable Future

Africa has vast coastal and marine resources. These resources will need to be managed on both a
national and regional level if they are to be used in a long-term, sustainable way.  This symposium will offer a discussion of the constraints and opportunities that the Blue Economy offers for Africa and how regional cooperation might foster a sustainable use of its ocean and coastal resources.

Watch the full panel discussion here.

Convenors: 

• Dr Elisa Van Waeyenberge, Co-Chair, Department of Economics, SOAS University of London
• Dr Nick Westcott, Director, Royal African Society

Panellists:

• Hon. Jean-François Ferrari, Minister of Fisheries and the Blue Economy, Seychelles
• Dr Nicholas Hardman-Mountford, Director, Oceans & Natural Resources, Commonwealth Secretariat, London
• Dr. Louis Rene Peter Larose, Former Minister of Finance, Trade and Economic Planning, Seychelles
• Professor Francis Mkwaijande, Senior Lecturer, Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Moderator: Professor Donald Sparks, Visiting Fulbright Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London

Hosted by:  SOAS University of London: The Department of Economics, The Centre for Global Finance and The Centre of African Studies, The Royal African Society, The Blue Economy Research Institute, University of Seychelles.