Overview
- After concluding his Mauritius stop, Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam agreed to expand maritime security cooperation against narcotrafficking and illegal fishing, and he confirmed an Indian Ocean security academy in La Réunion while inaugurating the new French embassy site in Port-Louis.
- Macron heads to Pretoria to meet Cyril Ramaphosa, visit the anti-apartheid memorial where 15 French figures will be honored, and tour an Eskom training center backed by French financing for South Africa’s energy transition.
- He will attend the G20 in Johannesburg on November 22–23, take part in launching a Franco–South Africa business council, and could meet Algeria’s Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the margins according to press reports.
- Later in the trip he will visit Gabon to meet President Brice Oligui Nguema, with the Élysée saying he will acknowledge the completion of the transition and support the new authorities while advancing economic diversification partnerships.
- The final stop is Angola for a European Union–African Union summit tied to infrastructure financing under Global Gateway, as Paris casts the tour as a reset centered on commerce, youth outreach, memorial work and targeted security cooperation.