{"id":2748,"date":"2026-10-06T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:43:23","slug":"women-at-the-helm-why-ambassador-nancy-karigithus-presence-at-sagarmanthan-2026-signals-a-necessary-shift-in-global-ocean-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748","title":{"rendered":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"   \">\n<div id=\":2ak\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":2a3\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div id=\"avWBGd-1383\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">In early October 2026, New Delhi will host the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue. Organised by India\u2019s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, the three-day summit (7\u20139 October) has positioned itself as South Asia\u2019s premier maritime thought-leadership platform and India\u2019s most ambitious assertion of centrality in the blue economy and ocean governance.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Among the announced participants is Ambassador Nancy Karigithu, Co-Founder and Secretary General of the Professional African Technical Network Advisory (PATNA) Initiative, and Kenya\u2019s Special Envoy and Advisor for Maritime and Blue Economy. Her career embodies both the promise and the unfinished business of gender inclusion in the maritime sector.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her presence, therefore, is more than symbolic. It is a diagnostic of where global ocean diplomacy stands\u2014and a signpost for where it must go.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Oceans as Battleground and Bloodstream<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sagarmanthan 2026 frames the oceans with appropriate urgency: they are no longer merely the backdrop to globalisation but its battleground and bloodstream. Trade, energy, food, critical minerals and data cables all depend on increasingly contested, climate-stressed and geopolitically fragile waters. The five thematic pillars announced for the dialogue\u2014Steady Straits (safeguarding flows), Blue Breakthroughs (greening ships and shipbuilding), Complex Seas (trade, connectivity and turbulence), Ocean Societies (communities, cultures and livelihoods), and The Heart of the Deal (linking harbour cities to hinterlands)\u2014reflect a comprehensive attempt to move beyond rhetoric toward resilience design.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">India\u2019s hosting of successive editions (Mumbai in 2024 and 2025, now New Delhi) aligns with the SAGAR doctrine and the country\u2019s ambition to become a global maritime hub. The scale claimed for 2026\u2014participation from dozens of countries, scores of speakers and numerous sessions\u2014underscores New Delhi\u2019s determination to convene, rather than merely attend, the conversation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Yet the real test of such summits is not the number of flags in the room, but whether the people who truly understand the human, legal and operational texture of the oceans are given space to shape outcomes. This is where Karigithu\u2019s participation matters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>A Career Forged in the Depths of Maritime Reality<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Nancy Karigithu brings nearly four decades of experience that few can match. She was the first Director General of the Kenya Maritime Authority, the founding Principal Secretary for Shipping and Maritime Affairs, and later Kenya\u2019s Ambassador and Special Envoy for Shipping and the Blue Economy in the Executive Office of the President. Her expertise has been sought on the boards of the World Maritime University and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute. She has chaired the IMO Technical Cooperation Committee and been a leading advocate for seafarer welfare and women\u2019s participation through WOMESA (Association for Women in the Maritime Sector in Eastern &amp; Southern Africa).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In 2023, she was Kenya\u2019s candidate for Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization\u2014the first African woman nominated for the post. She did not win, but the candidacy itself was a profound statement: the global maritime regulatory body had never been led by a woman or an African, despite the disproportionate stakes coastal developing states and small island developing states hold in ocean health, shipping safety and blue-economy opportunity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her current role as Co-Founder and Secretary General of PATNA further positions her as a vital bridge between African technical expertise and global maritime policy. The hashtag #WomeninMaritime attached to the announcement of her Sagarmanthan participation is therefore not ornamental. It is a deliberate and necessary signal.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>The Structural Deficit That Persists<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The maritime industry remains one of the most gender-imbalanced sectors in the global economy. Women constitute a tiny fraction of seafarers and remain under-represented in senior regulatory, technical and leadership roles. This is not merely a fairness issue. It is a competence and resilience issue. Coastal communities\u2014often the first to feel the impacts of climate change, overfishing, pollution and disrupted trade\u2014are disproportionately dependent on women\u2019s labour and knowledge. Yet policy tables frequently lack the voices that understand those lived realities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Karigithu\u2019s career trajectory\u2014from legal officer at the Kenya Ports Authority to national regulator to presidential envoy\u2014demonstrates that technical excellence and institutional leadership are not gendered attributes. Her repeated emphasis on seafarer welfare, capacity-building in Africa, and the human element of shipping aligns precisely with Sagarmanthan\u2019s \u201cOcean Societies\u201d pillar, which recognises that beneath the statistics of trade volumes lie people whose safety, training and dignity determine whether maritime systems function.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>India\u2013Africa Maritime Convergence<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There is also a clear geopolitical logic to her invitation. India has steadily expanded maritime engagement with Africa through capacity-building, port partnerships, and the broader Indo-Pacific framing. Kenya, with its strategic Indian Ocean coastline and growing blue-economy ambitions, is a natural partner. Having a senior Kenyan voice with deep institutional memory of both national reform and international rule-making at the table strengthens the Global South dimension of the dialogue. It reduces the risk that Sagarmanthan becomes primarily a conversation among traditional maritime powers and large shipping nations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Beyond Optics: The Test of Substance<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">OpEds that celebrate the presence of a distinguished woman risk becoming mere applause. The real measure will be whether Karigithu and other women leaders are given substantive roles in shaping the outcomes of the five pillars\u2014particularly those dealing with greening the fleet, community livelihoods, and the governance of complex seas. Token panels are easy. Integrating gender-disaggregated data, seafarer welfare standards, and inclusive blue-economy metrics into the policy recommendations that emerge is harder and far more valuable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sagarmanthan\u2019s organisers have an opportunity to set a precedent: that the third edition is not only larger but more representative of the actual stakeholders of the ocean. The oceans will not be secured by declarations alone. They will be secured by governance systems that draw on the full range of expertise\u2014technical, legal, operational and lived\u2014available to the international community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s participation is a necessary and welcome step. The question that will define the success of Sagarmanthan 2026 is whether the dialogue treats such participation as the beginning of a structural correction or a concluding photo opportunity. The seas, after all, do not care about symbolism. They respond only to the quality of the decisions made about them.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"avWBGd-1384\" class=\"WhmR8e\" data-hash=\"0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early October 2026, New Delhi will host the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue. Organised by India\u2019s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, the three-day summit (7\u20139 October) has positioned itself as South Asia\u2019s premier maritime thought-leadership platform and India\u2019s most ambitious assertion of centrality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blue-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In early October 2026, New Delhi will host the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue. Organised by India\u2019s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, the three-day summit (7\u20139 October) has positioned itself as South Asia\u2019s premier maritime thought-leadership platform and India\u2019s most ambitious assertion of centrality [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Maritime Business Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Mwangura\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Mwangura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andrew Mwangura\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/781b7dfa8057e582f58f7fe1301c0a4e\"},\"headline\":\"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748\"},\"wordCount\":1045,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Blue Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748\",\"name\":\"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1066,\"caption\":\"Ambassador Nancy Karigithu, Co-Founder and Secretary General of the PATNA Initiative and Kenya\u2019s Special Envoy for Maritime and Blue Economy, is set to speak at Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi, 7\u20139 October.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?p=2748#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Maritime Business Review\",\"description\":\"A Professional Maritime Blog for Advancing Africa\u2019s Maritime Industry\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maritime Business Review\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/cropped-Gemini_Generated_Image_pmvqj6pmvqj6pmvq-removebg-preview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/cropped-Gemini_Generated_Image_pmvqj6pmvqj6pmvq-removebg-preview-1.png\",\"width\":391,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Maritime Business Review\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/781b7dfa8057e582f58f7fe1301c0a4e\",\"name\":\"Andrew Mwangura\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Mwangura\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/maritimebizreview.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review","og_description":"In early October 2026, New Delhi will host the third edition of Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue. Organised by India\u2019s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation, the three-day summit (7\u20139 October) has positioned itself as South Asia\u2019s premier maritime thought-leadership platform and India\u2019s most ambitious assertion of centrality [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748","og_site_name":"Maritime Business Review","article_published_time":"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1066,"url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andrew Mwangura","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andrew Mwangura","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748"},"author":{"name":"Andrew Mwangura","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/781b7dfa8057e582f58f7fe1301c0a4e"},"headline":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance","datePublished":"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748"},"wordCount":1045,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg","articleSection":["Blue Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748","url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748","name":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance | Maritime Business Review","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-10-06T13:43:23+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amb.-Nancy-Karigithu.jpeg","width":1600,"height":1066,"caption":"Ambassador Nancy Karigithu, Co-Founder and Secretary General of the PATNA Initiative and Kenya\u2019s Special Envoy for Maritime and Blue Economy, is set to speak at Sagarmanthan: The Great Oceans Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi, 7\u20139 October."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?p=2748#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Women at the Helm: Why Ambassador Nancy Karigithu\u2019s Presence at Sagarmanthan 2026 Signals a Necessary Shift in Global Ocean Governance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/","name":"Maritime Business Review","description":"A Professional Maritime Blog for Advancing Africa\u2019s Maritime Industry","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#organization","name":"Maritime Business Review","url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-Gemini_Generated_Image_pmvqj6pmvqj6pmvq-removebg-preview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cropped-Gemini_Generated_Image_pmvqj6pmvqj6pmvq-removebg-preview-1.png","width":391,"height":121,"caption":"Maritime Business Review"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/#\/schema\/person\/781b7dfa8057e582f58f7fe1301c0a4e","name":"Andrew Mwangura","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27e344b81dad8a144aa02cf563c5dba9d6e20f37384170b4cbfa6b371f4c6a48?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andrew Mwangura"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com"],"url":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2750,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions\/2750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimebizreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}