Africa Takes Centre Stage as South Africa Maps Ambitious G20 Agenda

As the first African country to lead the trillion-dollar G20 group, South Africa will spend 2025 pushing debt relief, climate change and international justice issues. This means there’s a lot at stake for Brics and developing nations…Pretoria aims to put African development priorities firmly on the G20 agenda – and more broadly, those of the Global South. South Africa took over the rotating presidency of the grouping in December, and will host its main annual summit in November 2025, before handing over to the United States. The forum unites 19 of the world’s largest economies plus the European Union, who meet regularly to coordinate global policies on trade, health, climate and other issues. The group granted the African Union membership in 2023. South Africa is the last member of the G20 to hold the presidency of the group, which was set up in 1999 to create a platform for the world’s most dynamic economies beyond the G7…Debt relief, climate change and peacekeeping are expected to dominate this year’s G20 discussions.