Cyril Ramaphosa and Muhammadu Buhari mend relations
The Nigerian and SA leaders have identified key sectors for investment to boost economic growth and development
03 October 2019 - 15:45
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began a visit to SA on Thursday with a call to beef up protection of foreign nationals, weeks after xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg stirred tension between Africa’s leading economies.
Nigeria is SA’s largest trading partner on the continent, with trade flows estimated at $4.48bn in 2018. Only 9% of Nigeria’s total trade is intra-African, and almost half of that is with SA, according to data from the Stellenbosch-based Trade Law Centre...
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