Secure Waters Africa : « Effective solutions to strengthen Africa’s maritime domain awareness and security »
With over 30,000 kms of coastline, Africa has several key and strategic geographic locations that are considered as emerging trade hubs, which play a vital role in the continent’s socio-economic prosperity and the growth of global commerce.
However, maritime insecurity presents a critical challenge to the continent, hindering it from unlocking its maritime potential. Crimes, including piracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, and oil bunkering are increasing and pose serious threats to the seafarers. According to the International Maritime Bureau, 90% of the world’s maritime piracy crimes take place in the Gulf of Guinea alone.
This increase in maritime illegal activity, has urged the local and regional authorities to work collaboratively on adopting maritime domain awareness and counterpiracy, and illegal activity monitoring and prevention strategies and solutions that can enable them to safeguard security and safety of seafarers, including oil companies and fishing and shipping lines passing or operating on the continent’s waters.
The Great Minds Group, in partnership with the Ghana Navy and Fisheries Commission Ghana and in association with the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute, is organizing the Secure Waters Africa Digit-Conference on 9-10 September 2020, under the theme: “Effective solutions to strengthen Africa’s maritime domain awareness and security”.
This Digi-Conference, which will bring together senior officials from key African countries’ Navy and Marine Corps, Coast Guards and Law Enforcement Authorities, aims at identifying and discussing innovative strategies and solutions, such as C4ISR, drones, and surveillance systems, that will help African military and law enforcement agencies prevent and counter maritime threats and illegal activities and increase the continent’s territorial and international waters security.
For more information and to register: https://secure-waters.com/#overview
