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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BLUE AFRICA SUMMIT<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3fb13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f3fb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;grandconference_ext_link_sidemenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_link_fullmenu&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_sticky&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_scrollme&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_smoove&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_parallax_mouse&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_infinite&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_fadeout_animation&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Under the high patronage of<br \/>His Majesty Mohammed VI<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21b1895 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21b1895\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;grandconference_ext_is_background_parallax&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Forum drew up a first map of the major issues of maritime Africa across the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Indian basins by 2030.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #ffffff;\">Following the three declarations endorsed by representatives from twenty-six nations across the continent, the Summit\u2019s participants affirmed that Africa\u2019s growth \u2014 including that of landlocked countries \u2014 depends largely on international trade, over 90% of which is conducted by sea. Through its ports, straits and canals, maritime Africa thus forms a dynamic network linking the Indian Ocean, the Mozambique Channel, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean \u2014 an Africa fully connected to Europe, the Americas and Asia.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 600; font-style: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #ffffff;\">It is this vision that the Summit, a true platform for dialogue and collaboration, has upheld for the past three years and aims to carry forward towards 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1efdf2\" data-id=\"d1efdf2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" 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