Africa’s “Blue word” is made of vast lakes and rivers and an extensive ocean resource base.

The Blue Economy can play a major role in Africa’s structural transformation, sustainable economic progress, and social development. The largest sectors of the current African aquatic and oceanbased economy are fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, transport, ports, coastal mining, and energy.

This Policy Handbook, offers a step by step guide to help African member States to better mainstream the Blue Economy into their national development plans, strategies, policies and laws.

The Blue Economy approach is premised in the sustainable use, management and conservation of aquatic and marine ecosystems and associated resources