BLUE ECONOMY CONNECT (BEC) is the leading platform for youth engagement, innovation, and leadership in Ghana and Africa’s blue economy, driving impactful collaborations and entrepreneurial success, creating pathways for career advancement, and championing policy impact & sustainable development.
We are committed to enabling the youth (capacity & opportunities) and ensuring that they play a central role (innovation, co-creation, and leadership) in shaping policies, advancing research, and developing solutions that drive a thriving, inclusive, and resilient blue economy (ocean, water resources, and related environmental sectors).
WHAT WE DO
Capacity Building
Providing practical training, workshops, and mentorship programs to equip youth and early-career professionals with industry-relevant skills in the blue economy.
Environmental & Community Projects
Designing and implementing community-driven & climate-smart projects that address environmental challenges, restore ecosystems, and create sustainable livelihoods, particularly in coastal and vulnerable communities.
Opportunity Sharing
Through our Opportunities Thursday initiative, we have shared over 300+ jobs, scholarships, internships, grants (check 'Opportunities').
Innovation & Entrepreneurial Support
Spotlighting youth-led innovations, providing (access to) needed support, including collaborating on designing key industry-relevant innovations.
Networking & Collaboration
Championing peer-to-peer, cross-sectoral, and early-career-to-expert, and overall, youth-to-industry connections & co-creation.
Policy Advocacy
Strategic advocacy through generating, translating, and scaling our insights to inform improved policy and practical reforms.
SPOTLIGHT
CAPACITY BUILDING
We kicked off our BEC campus nodes Initiative with KNUST, UCC, & UG, engaging over 600 students, professors, & experts: https://shorturl.at/K2Vli
Community Impact
BEC mobilized over 100 women & youth for a 2-day beach cleanup at Dzita, supporting the District’s efforts in promoting coastal tourism: https://shorturl.at/C68Vp
Policy contribution
BEC has participated in both the National Consultation on the Blue Economy Strategy & the launch of the UN Ocean Centres-Ghana: https://url-shortener.me/DKHE
EVENT
BEC led the Youth Session of Aquaculture Ghana ’25, mobilising 100s of youth & innovators, the FAO, Worldfish, KIC, & AAORIA: https://shorturl.at/joOUS
WEBINAR
BEC organized a webinar with ECOP Program, ft. WEF, AAORIA, and AU, to help demystify the Blue Economy: https://shorturl.at/Bqej4
International Representation
BEC represented at the UNFCCC COP30 in Brazil & contributed to side events on Ocean & Water: https://shorturl.at/4DPE5
PARTNERSHIPS & ENDORSEMENTS
At BEC, we’re proud to collaborate with individuals & organizations that share our vision for youth empowerment and/or building a resilient & inclusive blue economy. Get in touch 
