South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor is expected to headline the two-day Financial Times’ Africa Summit taking place in London, her office announced on Monday.
According to the ministry, Pandor is set to deliver the closing keynote address at the end of the summit on Tuesday.
Organised under the theme “Investing in Africa”, the summit has brought together high-profile delegations of governments, businesses, policymakers and investors.
Among other things, the summit would deliberate on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine on the global economy as well as issues to be raised at the climate change conference scheduled for Egypt in November.
It is also expected to deliberate on “how African economies are laying out their priorities in the energy, transport, manufacturing and other sectors, and how the Africa Continental Free Trade Area is changing the investment environment on the continent,” the ministry said.
Pandor is expected to spell out the South African government’s foreign policy in relation to the identified thematic areas.
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