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President von der Leyen in South Africa to strengthen the strategic partnership and boost trade and investments 

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Today (13 March), President Ursula von der Leyen (pictured), together with President António Costa, will attend the EU-South Africa Summit in Cape Town. The Summit is an opportunity to reaffirm Europe's commitment to its unique partnership with South Africa, strengthen our strategic ties, and tackle global challenges together. At the Summit, President von der Leyen will announce an EU ‘Global Gateway Investment Package' with South Africa to boost mutually beneficial investments through grants and public and private loans from European and local financial institutions.

This package will focus on supporting South Africa's Just Energy Transition with investments in green hydrogen projects, processing and refining of critical minerals, development of local workforce skills and jobs for green economy; strengthening connectivity infrastructure through transport corridors, clean logistics, and digitalisation; and strengthening vaccine production capacity and boosting local pharmaceutical value chains by enhancing the quality of pharmaceutical products and reinforcing skills on health and vaccines regulations.

The Global Gateway investment package will also enhance collaboration on capacity building, regulation strengthening, skills development, and research and development sustainability standards.

In the context of the Summit, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the South African Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) will also sign a collaboration agreement that aims to support South African hospitals to accelerate the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

A press release with more information is available online.

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