De-Risking Ocean Investment through Strategic Communication and Outreach
Linking Namibia’s Waves of Change and Kenya’s Blue Economy.

Authors: Rob Barnes and Hasan Abbas, GRID-Arendal.

The poster proposes that participatory communication can reduce uncertainty around ocean investment by supporting trust, ownership, transparency and accountability. It compares murals in Namibia and Kenya and connects them with wider communication work.

Contributors: Disney Andreas, Amina Hamza, James Kairo, Kipkorir Sigi Lang’at, Steven Lutz and Carolin Mutorwa.

Presentation history: Our Ocean Conference 11 Scientific and Research Symposium, 14–15 June 2026; and CommOCEAN 2026. The OOC11 gallery lists this poster. CommOCEAN presentation history was supplied by the project team.

View or download the original poster PDF · OOC11 poster gallery.

The PDF remains hosted by Our Ocean Kenya. Source checked 28 October 2026.