HAMBURG MEETING
Germany makes partnership with Africa priority of G-20 presidency
The G-20 has to ensure globalisation benefits everyone
When Group of 20 (G-20) leaders meet in Hamburg this week, they will rally around a maritime image: a reef knot. The sailors’ knot is the symbol of Germany’s G-20 presidency and it reflects the ties among the countries. Like the knotted rope, their world is interconnected — and increasingly so. "Our task is to shape the interconnected world," is how Chancellor Angela Merkel has underlined the focus of Germany’s G-20 presidency agenda. To strengthen the benefits of interconnectedness and to ensure that more people reap its benefits should be the common goal. Pan-global development can only succeed if all continents share in such development. For Africa, this means the continent has to make progress on its development pathway. Africa is still home to many of the world’s fastest-growing economies. However, unless these countries find ways of financing economic infrastructure, they will not be able to make full use of their potential. Germany has made the partnership with Africa a prio...
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