Enhancing maritime domain awareness in Africa

Numerous crimes and threats occur in the African maritime domain, but there is great potential for prosperity.

While numerous crimes and threats occur in the African maritime domain, there is also great potential for prosperity. African states are positioning themselves to benefit from the oceans and seas by implementing strategies on continental, regional and national levels. These states should support a culture of information-sharing, since this represents one of the most important ways of facilitating and strengthening maritime cooperation and improving security. In particular, stakeholders must support the establishment of centres to collate, analyse and disseminate information and data in a holistic, transparent and trustworthy manner.

About the author

Timothy Walker was appointed as a researcher focusing on maritime security in the Conflict Management and Peacebuilding (CMPB) Division at the ISS in 2013. Prior to this he worked as an intern in the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis division of the ISS, before joining CMPB as a consultant to manage the Observatoire de l’Afrique programme in September 2011. Tim is a graduate of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, where he read for degrees in political and international studies (BA, BA Hons and MA).