Lamu’s Refinery: A Regional Prize, If the Region Delivers
Dangote breaks ground on 30 September. The ceremony is the easy part. On 30 September, Aliko Dangote will break ground on a 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery at Lamu. Africa’s richest man…
The Refinery Will Be Built. Who Will Run It?
Lamu will need thousands of skilled hands. Whether they are Kenyan depends on what our maritime colleges do now—not after the ribbon is cut. When Aliko Dangote breaks ground at…
Riding the Tide How Kenya’s maritime institutions can benefit from the 11th Our Ocean Conference
The 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) slated for mid June in Mombasa arrives at an opportune moment for Kenya’s entire maritime sector and its key institutions. Hosted across Mombasa and…
The sea belongs to the landlocked, too
The 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC) in Mombasa is a business and maritime opportunity for Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the DRC — not a coastal spectacle to watch…
Why Ocean Conference in June will be momentous maritime event for Kenya
When world leaders, scientists, coastal communities, and maritime professionals converge on the Swahili Coast this June, Kenya will do more than host a conference. It will seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity…