President Bola Tinubu will Wednesday begin a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga who announced this on Tuesday, said “President Tinubu’s first stop is Johannesburg, where he will attend the 20th summit of the G20 Leaders. After the summit, he will proceed to Angola for the AU-EU summit.”
The Johannesburg G20 will hold from Saturday, November 22, to Sunday, November 23, and to be followed by the AU–EU summit in Luanda from November 24–25.
South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson for this year’s G20, invited Tinubu to join leaders under the theme, “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability,” the first G20 hosted on African soil.
The summit will review inclusive and sustainable growth, debt and development finance, disaster-risk reduction, climate action and just energy transitions, food systems, critical minerals, decent work and artificial intelligence.
Tinubu, according to Onanuga, will also hold bilateral meetings on the margins of the G20 “in furtherance of the Renewed Hope Agenda,” and to discuss regional peace, security and development.
The African Union, now a full member of the G20 alongside the EU, is expected to participate in Johannesburg.
He said Tinubu will also attend the AU–EU summit in Luanda, where leaders, innovators and civil society would gather to discuss climate, inclusive development, infrastructure, digital economy, the creative sector, manufacturing and agribusiness.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and the Economy, Solid Minerals, and Trade and Investment, as well as the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency will accompany Tinubu to the summits.
The G20 summit makes it Tinubu’s third trip to South Africa since assuming office, just as he will be visiting Luanda, Angola for the first time as president.
