Who Governs Africa’s Waters? Maritime Security & BBNJ Explained | David Willima скачать в хорошем качестве

Who Governs Africa’s Waters? Maritime Security & BBNJ Explained | David Willima

In this episode of StrangersX, Zainab Taonga Chirwa speaks with maritime security researcher David Willima from the Institute for Security Studies. We discuss how Africa’s coastal cities are facing growing insecurity, the opportunities and challenges in the blue economy, and how the BBNJ Treaty intersects with African sovereignty and digital infrastructure. Topics Covered: 1. Development-led blue economy & AfCFTA integration 2. Coastal cities as sites of insecurity: piracy, smuggling & climate risk 3. Africa–US relations in the BBNJ Treaty negotiations 4. Maritime sovereignty & custodial governance 5. Digital public infrastructure & marine data sovereignty 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES: SUBSCRIBE ON SUBSTACK 1. Copper Kings & Cloud Lords: Why Africa's Future Lies Beyond Great Power Competition (Substack) -https://zainabtaongachirwa.substack.c... 2. Copper Kings & Cloud Lords: DRC/Rwanda Deal Unpacked - https://zainabtaongachirwa.substack.c... 3. From Extraction to Compute: A Blueprint for African Digital Sovereignty - https://zainabtaongachirwa.substack.c... 4. A Policy and Practice Divide - Zambia's Artisanal Mining - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Follow Zainab on LinkedIn:   / zainab-taonga-chirwa   Read David Willima’s Research (ISS): https://issafrica.org/author/david-wi... 📢 ABOUT STRANGERSX: StrangersX is a pan-African civic media platform exploring questions of governance, state capacity, sovereignty, and community-building. We make complex policy issues accessible to foreground African agency in global conversations. #AfricanGovernance #BlueEconomy #BBNJ #MaritimeSecurity #DigitalSovereignty #StrangersX #DavidWillima #AfricaRising