A estratégia da União Africana para a economia azul: o caso da aquacultura na Guiné-Bissau

What are the African Union’s (AU) strategic guidelines for the Blue Economy? What are the main sectors and their respective action plans? What difficulties could delay this transition? The objective of this research is to analyse the AU’s Blue Economy Strategy, using a Guinean aquaculture start-up as a case study. We will begin by identifying the socio-economic impacts of the Blue Economy sectors in Africa, such as (1) ports, (2) fishing, (3) aquaculture, (4) sustainable blue energy, (5) deep-sea mining, (6) oil and gas, and (7) blue carbon. Next, we will analyse the driving forces behind the transition to the Blue Economy, according to the argumentation defended by the AU, such as Africa’s demographic issue and the problem of energy supply (African Union – Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources, [AU-IBAR], 2020). Similarly, we will also identify the main challenges: economically, logistically, and in terms of security.