B20/G20: Can business speak for Africa and be believed?

As the Brics bloc expands, the G20 comes to Johannesburg, and Western influence wanes, the continent faces urgent choices that could define its future for generations.

Ashraf Patel of the Institute for Global Dialogue weighs in on the realpolitik, risks, and rising tensions behind the geopolitical theatre. Can South Africa bridge the gap between East and West? Can Brics transform the rules, or will it simply mirror them? And what happens when narrative power challenges institutional…

Risk strategist Volker von Widdern joins Mandates and Megaphones to unpack whether South Africa can turn complexity into coherence or if political drift and policy overload will sabotage the summit.

As South Africa prepares to host the November G20 Summit for the first time on African soil, Mandates and Megaphones kicks off by asking: can social entrepreneurs and innovators shape a more inclusive global agenda? Jeremy Maggs is joined by Dr Solange Rosa from UCT’s Bertha Centre and Luvuyo Rani…