President to participate in US-SA business and investment roundtable

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow, Tuesday, 10 November 2020, participate virtually in a business and investment roundtable with representatives from three major business organisations from the United States.

The organisations are the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), and the US Chamber of Commerce.

This engagement takes place ahead of South Africa’s Investment Conference which will be held later this month.

The President will be supported by South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, Ms Nomaindia Mfeketo, as well as South Africa’s Consuls-General in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.

The roundtable will provide a platform for engagement by 32 companies representing sectors such as healthcare, information communication technology, consumer goods, retail, energy, defense, agro-processing, aviation, space, transportation, film and TV production, finance, and consulting.

President Ramaphosa will share South Africa’s economic reconstruction and recovery plan as well as the opportunities for doing business in the country. 

The welcoming and opening remarks of the discussion be live-streamed on all of the Presidency’s digital platforms.

Media are invited to cover the opening of the  event as follows:

Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Time: 17:00 (CAT)

Where: Presidency digital platforms (Live stream)


Media enquiries: Tyrone Seale, Acting Spokesperson to the President – media@presidency.gov.za 

Issued by: The Presidency 
Pretoria