非洲海洋资源优势显著，蓝色经济被视为非洲最具潜力的发展领域之一，对非洲国家谋求经济增长、增加就业、维护海洋环境、提高海洋治理水平具有积极作用。非洲逐渐意识到蓝色经济的重要地位，从非洲大陆、次区域、国别等不同层面制定了一系列涉及蓝色经济的战略规划，同时积极寻求与全球伙伴开展合作，使非洲整体迎来蓝色经济发展热潮，南非、摩洛哥、肯尼亚、乌干达以及一些西共体成员国的蓝色经济均呈现出积极向上的发展态势。然而，非洲蓝色经济仍旧面临海洋治理能力薄弱、海洋边界争端加剧、过度与非法捕捞、技术与资金短缺、涉海人才匮乏、产业化水平较低等多方面的困境与挑战，需进一步重视国际发展合作和蓝色经济相关的能力建设。
Africa has significant advantages in marine resources，and the blue economy is regarded as one of the most promising areas of development in Africa，with a positive effect on African countries’ pursuit of economic growth，increased employment，preservation of the marine environment and enhancement of the level of marine governance. Gradually aware of the importance of the blue economy，Africa has formulated a series of strategic plans involving the blue economy at the continental，subregional and national levels while actively seeking cooperation with global partners，thus enabling Africa as a whole to enter the blue economy development boom. The blue economy of South Africa，Morocco，Kenya，Uganda and a number of SADC member States have shown positive developments. However，Africa’s blue economy is still facing difficulties and challenges in terms of weak ocean governance capacity，aggravating disputes over maritime boundaries，excessive and illegal fishing，lack of technology and financial resources，lack of sea-related talents，and low levels of industrialisation，and needs to pay more attention to international development cooperation and capacity-building related to the blue economy.
