By organizing in Tangier, under the high patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, the first edition of the BLUE AFRICA SUMMIT on November 16 and 17, 2023, the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco, La Saison Bleue, and the World Sea Forum drew up a first map of the major issues of maritime Africa across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Indian basins by 2030.

In “the Tangier Declaration,” endorsed by representatives of twenty-six nations of the continent at the end of two founding days rich in exchanges and sharing of experiences, participants affirmed that African growth, including that of landlocked countries, would depend largely on international trade, more than 90% of which is carried out by sea. Through its ports, straits, and canals, maritime Africa thus linked the Indian Ocean, the Mozambique Channel, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic Ocean into a dynamic whole—an Africa fully connected to Europe, the Americas, and Asia.