Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Donald L. Sparks, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of International Economics at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, and a university lecturer in International Business at the Management Center Innsbruck, Austria.

• Foreword by The Honorable Vincent Meriton, Former Vice-President of SeychellesAcknowledgementsThe Editor and ContributorsIntroduction: The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan AfricaDonald L. SparksPart I: Elements of the Blue Economy 1 Culture, Communities and SocietyThean Potgieter Tourism, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and ThreatsAngela M. Lamptey Fisheries and Aquaculture in the West Indian Ocean StatesErika Techera and Abdi Fatah Hassan Coastal and Offshore Energy and Mineral ResourcesVivian Louis Forbes Maritime Safety and SecurityJade Lindley Ports, Shipping and TransportationVivian Louis ForbesPart II: Country Case Studies South Africa: The Blue Economy ExperienceThean Potgieter From Concept to Practice: The Blue Economy in SeychellesDominique Benzaken and Kelly Hoareau Managing the Blue Economy: A Case Study of TanzaniaFrancis Mwaijande Part III: Financing, Measuring and Governing the Blue Economy Innovative Financing for Africa’s Blue EconomyTorsten Thiele Measuring the Blue EconomyCharles Colgan, Vivian Louis Forbes and Iddi Mwanyoka International Ocean Governance as a Necessary Backdrop to Developing Africa’s Blue EconomyNick J. Hardman-Mountford, Jeff A. Ardron, Rosemarie Cadogan, Chilenye Nwapi, Alison Swaddling Making the Blue Economy HappenClever Mafuta Afterword: What is Possible? What is Likely?Donald L. Sparks