South Africa will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Nov. 22 and 23, 2025, the first time an African nation stages the event. Cabinet said preparations are on track and expects thousands of delegates, media, and visitors. The gathering caps a yearlong presidency under the theme of Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability after South Africa held 100 of 132 official meetings nationwide. The G20, made up of 19 countries plus the European Union and the African Union, represents about 85 percent of global GDP and more than 75 percent of world trade.
Officials say the summit will spotlight tourism and support local jobs as hotels, restaurants, transport, and small businesses gear up. Agenda items center on economic recovery, climate finance, food security, digital transformation, disaster resilience, debt sustainability, a just energy transition, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and data governance. A G20 Social Summit in Johannesburg from Nov. 18 to 20 will gather civil society groups. South Africa and the United Kingdom will also co-host the Global Fund’s eighth replenishment summit on Nov. 21 to raise resources to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria before handing the G20 presidency to the United States.
Officials say the summit will spotlight tourism and support local jobs as hotels, restaurants, transport, and small businesses gear up. Agenda items center on economic recovery, climate finance, food security, digital transformation, disaster resilience, debt sustainability, a just energy transition, critical minerals, artificial intelligence, and data governance. A G20 Social Summit in Johannesburg from Nov. 18 to 20 will gather civil society groups. South Africa and the United Kingdom will also co-host the Global Fund’s eighth replenishment summit on Nov. 21 to raise resources to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria before handing the G20 presidency to the United States.
