African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy...
10 May 2019
Capital city of Tunisia, Tunis, will host the second Africa Blue Economy Forum (ABEF) set for 25-26 June this year...
1 Apr 2019
By efficient management, the sustainable exploitation of resources in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers - also known as the blue economy - could contribute up to $1.5tn to the global economy...
Ruth Waruhiu 25 Mar 2019
Launched in 2016 by Morocco, the initiative provides a unified framework, exploring the emergence of low carbon and low ecological footprint on the ecosystems, in building a sustainable and prosperous fisheries economy...
15 Mar 2019
As a relatively poor country with relatively rich seas, Nigeria is also vulnerable to illegal fishing by foreign vessels, predominantly from China...
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 13 Dec 2018
WorldFish and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa have created the COMESA Fish Inspection and Certification Facility on the Zambia-Zimbabwe-Mozambique border...
10 Dec 2018
A comprehensive B2B Recruitment Focus from December 2018 to February 2019 will ensure that Bizcommunity is the go-to destination for all the B2B news you'll need to plan your HR and recruitment strategies in 2019...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018
Within the aquaculture space, a notable uptick in jobs was in fish hatcheries and fish farms, with a modest uptick in ocean and coastal fishing jobs...
Wandile Sihlobo 6 Aug 2018
Driven in part by an increase in conflicts and climate-induced disasters, the number of child labourers in agriculture worldwide has increased substantially from 98 million to 108 million since 2012 after more than a decade of continuous decline, according to the latest estimates...
13 Jun 2018
Farming fish in the desert might sound counterintuitive but Algeria hopes to tap the huge aquifers beneath the Sahara - that covers about 80% of the country - as it seeks new ways to feed its growing population and diversify its oil-based economy...
Thin Lei Win 24 May 2018
More than 150 delegates and speakers are expected to attend the inaugural Africa Blue Economy Forum...
30 Apr 2018
With profit-making still at the top of the food industry agenda - and the environmental costs of many food products hidden by complex supply chains - we need more than consumer power alone to achieve a truly sustainable food system...
Chris West, Bob Doherty & Tony Heron 20 Mar 2018
Over the past three decades, the global aquaculture industry has risen from obscurity to become a critical source of food for millions of people...
Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Bush 19 Mar 2018
The two-year programme, targeting mid-level professionals working in the agriculture sector across sub-Saharan Africa, seeks to strengthen the capacity of Africa's young professionals to revolutionise agriculture value chains grappling with skills gap and low technology uptake...
13 Mar 2018
