Towards a Maritime Cluster Alliance in Africa

Submitted by Alina Danieles… on 26 February 2018

There is growing evidence to support a business case for unlocking the ocean business and investment potential of Africa via an alliance of maritime clusters.

Developing collaborative business opportunities between coastal and ocean stakeholders requires the development of triple helix partnerships. The African Union incorporates 54 member states of which 37 states are coastal countries. There are virtually no maritime clusters in Africa and hence most inter-governmental collaboration is based on political decisions and not sound business decisions. There is a huge window of opportunity to develop maritime clusters in Africa. An Alliance of Maritime Clusters in Africa could be the vehicle for connecting emerging maritime clusters in Africa with an alliance of maritime clusters in the developed countries such as the Blue Tech Cluster Alliance which represents maritime clusters in eight countries around the world.

Please find more about the implementation of maritime cluster development in Africa as well as The Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster and the Maritime Cluster of West Sweden pioneering the first ever maritime cluster-to-cluster matchmaking event between a country from Africa (South Africa) and Europe (Sweden) in the attached document.

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