South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has managed to secure 20 billion US dollars’ worth of new investment for the country from the Middle East and got a further commitment of 10 billion US dollars for investment in the energy sector from Saudi Arabia. Ramaphosa was on a three nation tour last week; he visited Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The countries have committed to strengthening bilateral relations across fields such as trade, mining and tourism.
To help us unpack the discussion for the day, we are joined by:
• Chris Vandome is a Research Associate for the Africa Programme at Chatham House
• Liesl Louw-Vaudran is a consultant on Nigeria for the Institute for Security Studies
• Ebrahim Deen is a Senior Researcher at the Afro-Middle East Centre
