GERMANY-AFRICA-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY-G20-AID

Participants of the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) conference pose for a family photo on November 19, 2019 at the Chancellery in Berlin: (front row, L-R) Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, Senegal's President Macky Sall, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Guinea's President Alpha Conde, Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and Prime Minister of Togo Komi Selom Klassou; (row behind, L-R) the Chief Executive Officer of IFC International Finance Corporation World Bank Group Philippe le Houerou, the President of the African Development Bank Akinwumi Adesina, Benin's Economy Minister Romuald Wadagni, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Moussa Faki, Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity Seleshi Bekele, Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita, South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, the the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva and Tunisian Foreign Minister Sabri Bachtobji. - Heads of State and Government of all Compact countries and the Heads of International Organizations participating in the CwA are expected to discuss opportunities to enhance the business environment and increase investment in African countries. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)