{"id":12808,"date":"2024-01-19T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnbcc.net\/?p=12808"},"modified":"2025-10-06T07:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:26:35","slug":"blue-invest-africa-call-for-applications-for-pitchers-at-the-event-in-kenya-on-3-4-july-2024-short-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnbcc.net\/blue-invest-africa-call-for-applications-for-pitchers-at-the-event-in-kenya-on-3-4-july-2024-short-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Invest Africa &#8211; call for applications for pitchers at the event in Kenya on 3-4 July 2024 -short deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;edition of the EU-Africa BlueInvest Africa event is due this year in Kenya on 3-4 July.&nbsp;<strong>BlueInvest Africa<\/strong>&nbsp;is specifically designed to target&nbsp;<strong>registered African businesses<\/strong>&nbsp;already engaged in various sectors of the blue economy, including start-ups. It also aims to engage&nbsp;<strong>African Small, Micro, and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMMEs)<\/strong>&nbsp;officially&nbsp;<strong>established in an African country<\/strong>&nbsp;that possess innovative ideas with potential for further commercial development within the African market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event anticipates the participation of around 200 on-site attendees, along with remote participants from both Africa and Europe, including investors and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BlueInvest Africa\u2019s primary goals include fostering valuable&nbsp;<strong>business connections<\/strong>, creating opportunities to establish a&nbsp;<strong>network of potential partners<\/strong>, showcasing&nbsp;<strong>real-world business projects<\/strong>&nbsp;from the field, and facilitating the exchange of&nbsp;<strong>best practices<\/strong>&nbsp;and<strong>&nbsp;innovative ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event has a clear objective. It seeks to spotlight the largely untapped potential in Africa, promote entrepreneurial initiatives, and encourage active participation from both the public and private sectors in the rapidly expanding blue economy of the continent. Additionally, the event is geared towards promoting forward-thinking and sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of&nbsp;<strong>30 pitchers<\/strong>&nbsp;will be selected for participation in this event and the interested entrepreneurs can submit their expression of interest&nbsp;<strong>by January 26<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>&nbsp;through the website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vc4a.com\/blue-invest\/blue-invest-africa-2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vc4a.com\/blue-invest\/blue-invest-africa-2024\/<\/a>&nbsp;. Over there everyone interested can also find more information for the applicants and an explanation what is the scope of this blue economy contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On behalf of the EU Delegation \u2013 Mrs Margo Pitura<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tjalling Wiarda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GNBCC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd&nbsp;edition of the EU-Africa BlueInvest Africa event is due this year in Kenya on 3-4 July.&nbsp;BlueInvest Africa&nbsp;is specifically designed to target&nbsp;registered African businesses&nbsp;already engaged in various sectors of the blue economy, including start-ups. It also aims to engage&nbsp;African Small, Micro, and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMMEs)&nbsp;officially&nbsp;established in an African country&nbsp;that possess innovative ideas with potential for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14546,"url":"https:\/\/gnbcc.net\/africa-squeezed-between-import-substitution-and-dependency-syndrome\/","url_meta":{"origin":12808,"position":0},"title":"Africa squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome","author":"Michael Teye","date":"January 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Squeezed between import substitution and dependency syndrome, a condition characterised by a set of associated economic symptoms\u2014that is rules and regulations\u2014majority of African countries are shifting from United States and Europe to an incoherent alternative bilateral partnerships with Russia, China and the Global South.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News Articles","link":"https:\/\/gnbcc.net\/category\/news-articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gnbcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Africa-Squeeze.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gnbcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Africa-Squeeze.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gnbcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Africa-Squeeze.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gnbcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Africa-Squeeze.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gnbcc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Africa-Squeeze.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14091,"url":"https:\/\/gnbcc.net\/domestic-electricity-tariff-regime-ranked-among-africas-best-performing-purc-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":12808,"position":1},"title":"Domestic electricity tariff regime ranked among Africa\u2019s best performing \u2013 PURC study","author":"Michael Teye","date":"November 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana remains one of the best-performing and most balanced electricity tariff jurisdictions in Africa, according to a new comparative study by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC). 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