Tinubu to Attend G20 Summit in South Africa, AU–EU Meeting in Angola

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for a two-nation visit to Johan­nesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola.

According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Informa­tion and Strategy, on Tues­day, the president will make a first stop at 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.

President Cyril Ramapho­sa, the South African leader, who also serves as the cur­rent President of the G20 group, invited his Nigerian counterpart to participate in this year’s edition. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil had, during his pres­idency of the group in 2024, equally invited President Tinubu to Rio de Janeiro.

The summit, scheduled to take place from Saturday, No­vember 22 to Sunday, Novem­ber 23, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, brings together leaders from the world’s top 20 economies, including the European Union, the Afri­can Union, and financial institutions, among others.

Themed, ‘Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability,’ the two-day summit will afford participants the opportuni­ty to deliberate extensively during three plenary ses­sions devoted to: Inclusive and Sustainable Growth, Leaving no One Behind: Building Our Economies, the Role of Trade, Financ­ing for Development and the Debt Burden; A Resilient World-the G20’s Contribu­tion to Disaster Risk Reduc­tion; Climate Change; Just Energy Transitions; Food Systems and A fair and Just Future for All: Critical Min­erals; Decent Work; Artifi­cial Intelligence.

Tinubu is also expected to hold bilateral meetings during the summit in fur­therance of the Renewed Hope Agenda, as well as to discuss regional and inter­national peace, security, and development.

At the conclusion of the G20 Summit, the Nigerian president will join other Heads of State and Gov­ernment from the African Union (AU) and the Euro­pean Union (EU) for the 7th meeting of the two bodies, scheduled to take place from November 24 to 25, 2025, in Luanda, Angola.

The AU and EU meeting will bring together young leaders, innovators and civil society organisations to brainstorm on some of the shared challenges of the two unions. It will also provide recommendations on how to address issues related to climate change, inclusivity in development, infrastructure, the digital economy, the creative in­dustry, manufacturing, and agribusiness.

Onanuga said the pres­ident will be accompanied by top government officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassa­dor Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Finance and Coordinat­ing Minister of the Econo­my, Wale Edun; Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake; Minister of Trade and In­vestment, Jumoke Oduwole, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Mo­hammed Mohammed.

He will return to Nigeria at the end of the two meet­ings.

Independent