President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Wednesday for visits to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola.
His first destination is Johannesburg, where he will participate in the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit. Following the event, he will continue to Angola for the AU-EU summit.
The invitation to this year’s G20 summit came from South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who currently chairs the G20. Similarly, during Brazil’s 2024 presidency of the group, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also extended an invitation to President Tinubu to attend the summit in Rio de Janeiro.
The upcoming summit, set for Saturday, November 22, and Sunday, November 23, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, will gather leaders from the world’s major economies, as well as representatives from the European Union, the African Union, and key financial institutions.
Held under the theme Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability, the two-day meeting will feature three main sessions focused on inclusive and sustainable growth, equitable economic development, global trade, development financing, debt challenges, disaster risk reduction, climate change, energy transitions, food systems, critical minerals, decent work, and artificial intelligence.
During the summit, President Tinubu is expected to hold several bilateral meetings aligned with his Renewed Hope Agenda and aimed at advancing discussions on peace, security, and development at both regional and global levels.
After the G20 gathering, he will join other African Union and European Union leaders for the 7th AU-EU meeting in Luanda, taking place from November 24 to 25, 2025.
That meeting will convene young leaders, innovators, and civil society groups to examine shared concerns between the two blocs and propose ways forward on climate action, inclusive development, infrastructure, digital progress, creative industries, manufacturing, and agribusiness.
President Tinubu will travel with senior officials including Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar, Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun, Solid Minerals Minister Dele Alake, Trade and Investment Minister Jumoke Oduwole, and National Intelligence Agency Director General Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.
He is expected to return to Nigeria once both engagements are completed.