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BLUE CASABLANCA 2027

Africa’s Blue Future

Casablanca African Summit on Fisheries Sustainability and Blue Economy

The African summit on the blue economy and fisheries - joint management of a limited resource.
Launching a strategic platform for sustainable investment in Africa's fisheries sector.

12Mdirect jobs linked to fisheries
26000kmof African coastline
300Bn$blue economy potential by 2030
54African nations invited
In the presence of
Ministry of Agriculture & Maritime Fisheries, Morocco ·African Development Bank ·FAO ·COMHAFAT ·Africa-PACT ·FPMA

A high-level pan-African platform

The starting point

Africa holds major maritime and fisheries potential, still largely under-invested despite its central role in food security, employment and climate resilience. African fish stocks have declined by 30 % since 2017, illegal fishing represents estimated losses of between 7 and 10 billion USD per year, and the investment needs to modernise African maritime economies are estimated at between 20 and 25 billion USD per year.

The response

BLUE CASABLANCA, the Casablanca African Summit on Fisheries Sustainability and Blue Economy, is a high-level pan-African summit bringing together public decision-makers, financial institutions and investors around a structured, operational response. It directs public policy and investment flows towards high-impact projects.

Diagnosis first

Before being a financing venue, the Summit is a space for shared diagnosis: governance of fisheries resources, the sector's technical and technological challenges, sustainability and climate adaptation. The African investment platform is presented as a lever to finance the solutions and projects addressing these challenges - not as the sole thread of the event.

Why Casablanca

The Kingdom's economic capital and the leading business hub of North-West Africa, Casablanca offers exceptional air and port connectivity, a dense banking and institutional fabric, and stands as a natural convergence point for investment in Africa's blue economy.

Value for investors

Direct access to African decision-makers. A pipeline of bankable projects. Structured public-private partnerships. Post-summit follow-up on commitments. A framework designed to turn institutional dialogue into concrete investment opportunities.

Africa for the Ocean

Royal Vision

On the occasion of the “Africa for the Ocean” Summit, His Majesty King Mohammed VI forcefully recalled that the ocean is a major strategic lever for the development of the African continent and an essential pillar of its future sovereignty.

“It is not enough to share an ocean. We must also think it together, manage it together and defend it together.”
“The ocean is and will remain a bond and a shared horizon that it falls to all of us to protect and shape into a space of peace, stability and development.”

This royal vision is now being translated into concrete action through BLUE CASABLANCA, the Casablanca African Summit on Fisheries Sustainability and Blue Economy - a strategic platform for sustainable investment serving Africa's blue economy.

Casablanca, the continent's economic and port hub

A crossroads between the Atlantic and the African continent, Casablanca offers unique institutional stability, a first-rate economic fabric and exceptional connectivity across all of Africa.

CASABLANCA - 33°35′41″N · 7°36′57″W
Port of Casablanca
01

Economic capital

The Kingdom's leading business and financial centre, home to most banking institutions and African regional headquarters.

02

Port & logistics hub

The port of Casablanca and the national logistics ecosystem make it a natural anchor point for the fisheries and maritime industries.

03

International connectivity

Mohammed V International Airport, high-standard hotels and direct access to major African, European and Gulf capitals.

The leaders of Africa's ocean transformation

Hakima El Haité

Hakima El Haité

President, Africa-PACT · UN Climate Champion

Attendance to be confirmed
Fatima Camara

Fatima Camara

Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy · Guinea · President of COMHAFAT

Attendance to be confirmed
Sidi Ould Tah

Sidi Ould Tah

President, African Development Bank

Attendance to be confirmed

Two days of strategic exchanges

Day 1 February 2 - High-level summit
Morning
Official opening ceremony
Official addresses · Pan-African ministerial dialogue
Plenary
Full day
3 thematic round tables
Climate emergency, fisheries response and regional cooperation
Round tables
Evening
Bilateral meetings & gala dinner
B2B and B2G sessions, in the presence of official delegations
Networking
Day 2 February 3 - Financing & closing
Morning
Round table & blue economy financing
Structuring and financing a bankable project pipeline
Round table
Midday
Morning wrap-up and closing
Round table synthesis, compiled into a white paper
Plenary
Afternoon
Field immersion (optional)
Visit to INRH and meetings with local stakeholders
Field

Led by Africa PACT & FPMA

Become a Summit partner

Unique visibility among Africa's highest-level decision-makers - ministers, financial institutions, investors and international organisations.

Business

Full 2-day access + networking dinners + targeted B2B meetings with the delegations and decision-makers present.

Corporate

All Business benefits + an exhibition stand in the Summit's reception area.

Book your seat

Attendance is free of charge, by invitation. Online registration remains subject to confirmation by the organising team. Reserved for public decision-makers, financial institutions, investors, international organisations and specialised press.

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