EAST AFRICA

White Volkswagen T-Roc SUVs drive down the loading ramp of the Grande Auckland car carrier, operated by Grimaldi Lines, at the Port of Lamu in Kenya, with port workers in high-visibility vests directing the offloading operation

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

30/04/202601/05/2026

A car carrier unloads 469 vehicles at Lamu, a port that barely functioned a year ago. The Iran war has placed African ports at the centre of a reshuffled global trade map

Cadets in uniform holding flags during a graduation ceremony at the Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute, surrounded by colorful maritime signal flags

Landlocked power, maritime ambition: Inside Ethiopia’s audacious African strategy

25/10/202527/10/2025

A landlocked nation leading a continental Maritime Strategy is a geopolitical curiosity, yet Ethiopia’s audacious 10-year plan to forge an African maritime hub through talent development deserves serious scrutiny from global shipping powers

EAST AFRICA

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

Landlocked power, maritime ambition: Inside Ethiopia’s audacious African strategy

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