Seagrass Expert, Dr Jaqueline Uku, from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) explaining the difference between seagrass and algae during the World Seagrass Day| Photo Mazera Ndurya As the world marked World Seagrass Day 2025, on 1 March, Kenya stood alongside the global community to highlight the crucial role of seagrass ecosystems in…
Students from Bandari Maritime Academy demonstrating how a prototype they developed to fight illegal fishing called Smart Selective Fishing Box works during the Kenya Blue Economy Debate at the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM)| Photo Mazera Ndurya About 20 years ago, while on a tour of duty in Lamu, I met a man who at…
Stakeholders who attended the STEM Education and Training Policy Workshop to review and enhance the current policy at the North Coast Hotel, Kilifi. Photo by Dr. Jacqueline Uku. Efforts to promote ocean literacy are being ramped up to help the public, especially youth, understand the vast opportunities within the blue economy. From Media outlets like…
One of the glass boats in Diani beach, Kwale County that have seen an increase in clients through the support of the Kaaribu Experiences project, one of the tour companies that benefitted from the Go Blue project funding to promote tourism/Photo By Mazera Ndurya Traditionally, Mohamed Ali, who runs a massage parlor at the Diani…
Delegates led attending the third Blue Economy, Innovation and Investment Summit at the Sarova whitesands Hotel in Mombasa/Photo Credit Jane Meza Mombasa’s sun drenched coastline may seem like a scene from paradise, but beneath the glittering waters lies an ocean of untapped opportunity. The Blue Economy, once dismissed as a mere academic concept is now…
