The evidence-led capability model assesses Nigeria’s maritime and energy innovation readiness and proposes a coordinated five-year pathway for industry, government, academia and investors.

The 15th Democracy Heroes Award Africa recognised the National Chairman’s work in marine engineering, indigenous technology, innovation and professional leadership.

AJOMENA and JBESED are accepting original work across offshore and marine engineering, naval architecture, blue economy governance and sustainable energy. NIMENA will sponsor the first 20 qualifying high-quality papers.

NIMENA has launched a forward-looking trend report that sets out a technology-led pathway for strengthening Nigeria’s shipbuilding, ship repair, offshore engineering and maritime innovation ecosystem.

At the Plug and Play x NIMENA Innovation Night during Singapore Maritime Week, NIMENA called for stronger indigenous capacity, technical independence and deeper collaboration across Nigeria’s maritime ecosystem.

Maritime engineering stakeholders identified weak standardisation, technical dependence and gaps in local capability as major barriers to realising greater value from Nigeria’s blue economy.

Industry experts warned that policy fragmentation, weak standardisation and limited technical independence could prevent Nigeria from capturing the full economic value of its maritime sector.

NIMENA called for deliberate investment in indigenous engineering, local standards, research and skills development as the foundation for a more technically sovereign maritime economy.