After Djibouti, Morocco, and Cameroon, the fourth edition of the African Ports Forum took place on May 25th and 26th in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Organized by Tanger Med, in partnership with One Africa Forums, the theme of the conference was “African Ports at a Crossroads: Between Trade Facilitation, Digitization, Decarbonization, Investment, & Financing”.
More than 400 high-level speakers, representing the different players in the port ecosystem, wereexpected to attend this year’s event. Mr. Hassan Abkari, Managing Director of TMPA, and Mr. Ahmed Bennis, Secretary Gene- ral of the African Port Task Force, spoke on key topics of the program, including the role of ports in facilitating trade between African countries, innovative approaches to encouraging investment and financing, the strate- gic challenges of decarbonization, and the gradual digitization of the port industry.
