The Centre for Coastal Management, Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM-ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has hosted a PhD candidate under the Erasmus+ Mobility Programme, in July, 2026. The student, Commander Ayo Olusola Pacheco, is a Nigerian Navy officer and second-year PhD candidate in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden.
The Centre for Coastal Management – Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM-ACECoR), University of Cape Coast (UCC), hosted Ms. Anna Karlqvist, the Coordinator for the Erasmus+ Mobility Programme at the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmö, Sweden. Ms. Anna paid a working visit to learn more about the Centre as well as the University and to explore opportunities for collaboration. This visit came after 10 students from UCC successfully completed a month exchange visit at WMU.
More than 300 fisherfolk from Ghana's marine artisanal fisheries sector have been trained on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025 (Act 1146), through ten workshops held across the country's four coastal regions. The organization and delivery of the workshops were led by the Centre for Coastal Management – Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM-ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast, with funding support from Blue Ventures.
Environmental monitoring efforts along Ghana's coastal and riverine systems have been strengthened through the installation of trail cameras at key locations in the Western and Volta regions.
The Centre for Coastal Management - Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (CCM-ACECoR), at the University of Cape Coast, welcomed officials from the World Bank's West Africa Coastal Areas (WACA) Management Program as part of the project's mid-term review mission, on June 1, 2026. The visit formed part of the World Bank's assessment of the WACA Project's progress, with a focus on identifying lessons learned, evaluating achievements, and exploring how these lessons can be integrated into the remaining implementation period and future coastal resilience initiatives.