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| | Ghana Maritime Authority Meets (IMEC) Delegation The highly anticipated meeting between the Ghana Maritime Authority and the International Maritime Employers’ Council (IMEC), took place on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at the Conference Hall of the Authority. | | |
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| | Ghana: Two Wastewater Treatment Plants Come On Stream In Accra In Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated two wastewater treatment plants in the towns of Ashaiman and Bankuman in the Greater Accra region. These plants will help to reduce the pollution of watercourses in this south-eastern region of the country. | | |
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Ghana Navy Hosts 3rd Edition of IMDEC |
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Following the grand success of the first two editions, the 3rd International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (IMDEC) is scheduled to take place on 28 – 30 August 2023, Accra, Ghana. IMDEC will feature the largest gathering of Africa’s maritime industry, as we host regional and international Chiefs of Naval Staff to address the principal issues facing maritime security on the continent. This biennial gathering will feature a notable two-day conference and exhibition in which the gathered regional Naval Forces and relevant stakeholders will deliberate the increasingly volatile maritime threats facing Africa’s territorial waters and its blue economy. IMDEC 2023 will showcase the latest technologies in maritime security and strong resolutions and recommendations to surmount the daunting maritime challenges confronting Africa’s blue economy. Hosted at the Burma Hall in Ghana Armed Forces Headquarters, IMDEC 2023 massive exhibition will host solutions from across the globe to help maritime and naval industries find appropriate solutions to their challenges and threats and discover the new technologies to better fight against and curb illicit activities at sea. |
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| | GMA, MACN AND CBI Organise Stakeholders' Workshop On Anti-Corruption At The Ports A Stakeholders Forum aimed at promoting the compliance of a harmonized Standard Operating Procedure for Ghana’s Maritime Industry through collective action took place at the Alisa Hotel last Friday, July 28, 2023. | | |
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| | Liberia : Government, Development Partners Break Grounds To Construct Fisheries Science Facilities The government of Liberia through the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority, (NaFAA), the University of Liberia and development partners Friday July 28, 2023 broke grounds for the construction of two separate facilities for the department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences and the Regional Center of Excellence for Fisheries Science and Governance of the T.J R. Faulkner College of Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change at the University of Liberia. | | |
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The Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute is organizing a maritime security training course dubbed Maritime Security Strategy Development & Implementation Training Course: A focus on Africa. Members of the institute are eligible for a 20% discount. | | |
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| | Maritime Security: Deep Blue Assets Deployed And Functioning – Nigerian Navy Pacific Island countries have been stepping up their efforts to improve biofouling The Nigerian Navy says assets acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, otherwise known as the Deep Blue project, have been deployed across the Southwest, Central and Eastern Zonal operations to enhance patrol of the Nigerian maritime domain. | | |
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| | Combating Maritime Corruption Through WMU Curriculum On 3 July, the Maritime Business Integrity and Corruption Awareness (CORA) Seminar took place at WMU in partnership with the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption. | | |
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| | Floating Dock: Nimasa Takes Over Continental Shipyard The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has taken over areas leased to it by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) at the Continental Shipyard Limited (CSL) for the operations of its modular floating dock. | | |
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| | Senegal Minergy Port (Smp) Invites International Unsolicited Applications For The Recruitment Of Sea Captains To Be Trained As Pilots For The Mineral Port Of Bargny As part of the forthcoming commissioning of its port facilities, Société Senegal Minergy Port (SMP), Operator of the Mineral and Bulk port of Bargny, is considering recruiting candidates to train the port’s future pilots. | | |
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| | Enhancing Maritime Security Governance In Yemen A national workshop is taking place to improve maritime security decision-making, policy development and implementation in Yemen. The aim of the workshop, which uses the Whole of Government Approach to Maritime Security, is to support the development of a national maritime security committee, along with a national strategy and a risk register. | | |
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| | Assessment On Effects Of Triple Cs On African Feed And Fodder Systems To Be Rolled Out From July 31st to August 4th, 2023, experts have gathered for the Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS) Project's Expert Workshop. Staff and specialists from the AU-IBAR RAFFS Project are getting together to improve the assessment conceptual framework, data collecting, and analysis tools for a study of feed and fodder actors in six African Union Member States (Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe). | | |
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The Adventures of Maritime Domain Awareness Man by Nick Tomb The Adventures of Maritime Domain Awareness Man is a graphic novel about a superhero in West Africa who uses his power to spread awareness about the challenges and opportunities facing the world's oceans. It is inspired by the work being done to protect the oceans and develop sustainable economic opportunities. |
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| | An African Union Workshop Explores Solutions For Feed And Fodder Systems In Africa In recent years, the African continent has The African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) organised an important Stakeholder Initiation and Consultative Workshop from 24th to 28th July 2023 in Naivasha, Kenya. | | |
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| | New Tech Makes Maritime Domain Awareness Affordable For Small Nations Understanding what’s happening in the maritime domain, known as maritime domain awareness or MDA, is an essential element for any country that wishes to govern its maritime zones. But in the Indo-Pacific, many countries struggle to afford the costly top-down, military-style surveillance systems used by wealthy countries. | | |
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| | Tİka Continues To Support Fisherwomen In Niger The Niger River is one of the most important resources sustaining the economies of the Western Sub-Saharan countries that it passes. Giving life to agriculture and livestock activities, the river is the source of food and income for thousands of people with the fish population it houses. The river, which is one of the longest streams in the continent with a length of over 4.000 km and plays a decisive role in the demographic formation of the Sub-Saharan countries, is home to a significant culture in Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. | | |
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| | Nimasa, Total Rescue Distressed Sao Tome Ship The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and some workers of Total Energies Nigeria limited rescued occupants of a distressed fishing vessel belonging to a national of the Sao Tome and Príncipe, which was adrift in the ocean for 11 days. | | |
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