UNITAR organizes leadership course for Kenyan Coast Guards
In the turbulent and complex maritime domain, leadership is not merely a function of rank—it is a matter of readiness, judgment, and the capacity to act decisively when stakes are…
How Kisumu Port’s expansion could redefine East African trade
For many years, inland water transport across the Lake Victoria basin has been the sleeping giant of East Africa’s logistics network with huge potential, but it has remained underutilized. However,…
Africa’s Ports and the New Geography of Power
The quiet map of global trade is being redrawn—not in stock exchanges or diplomatic halls, but along Africa’s coastlines. Ports, once treated as passive gateways for imports and exports, are…
Gas Beneath Fire: Cabo Delgado and the Paradox of Mozambique’s Energy Promise
Few places in the world embody the promise and peril of natural resource wealth as starkly as Cabo Delgado Province. Beneath its offshore waters in the Rovuma Basin lies one…
China infrastructure projects in Africa are unlocking huge potential in maritime
There is a seductive simplicity in the narrative that China’s expanding footprint in African ports is merely about infrastructure, efficiency, and trade facilitation. New berths, deeper drafts, modern cranes, and…
Cruise shipping proved resilient to Covid-19 impact, but new challenges abound
Few industries have demonstrated the stubborn resilience of the global cruise sector. After absorbing the near-total devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic—an enforced shutdown no other leisure industry endured with such…
Why Africa’s ports are key to economic and geopolitical power
The quiet map of global trade is being redrawn—not in stock exchanges or diplomatic halls, but along Africa’s coastlines. Ports, once treated as passive gateways for imports and exports, are…
China infrastructure projects in Africa are unlocking huge potential in maritime
There is a seductive simplicity in the narrative that China’s expanding footprint in African ports is merely about infrastructure, efficiency, and trade facilitation. New berths, deeper drafts, modern cranes, and…
Africa registers notable progress in maritime security and resilience
Africa’s maritime domain is entering a defining period—one that demands clarity of purpose, disciplined execution, and, above all, an unwavering refusal to confuse progress with permanence. The 2026–2028 outlook is…
Brazil’s Petrobras ventures into West Africa again to explore oil and gas
Petrobras has renewed its expansion of activities in West Africa creating new interest on likely changes in the Atlantic energy axis. Just a few years after retreating from several international…