The office, which will boost South Africa’s marketing and networking bid in Nigeria and West Africa, was part of SA foreign policy to put Africa in the centre, to focus on economic diplomacy and to improve the lives of people. Speaking to the West African travel trade and guests in attendance, Minister Van Schalkwyk said that South African Tourism’s new home in Lagos serves to confirm South Africa’s support for increased economic cooperation between the southern African and western African regions. “As a nation, we see the special and longstanding relationship between Nigeria and South Africa as pivotal towards maintaining an Africa that is economically vibrant and resilient and an African that grows through partnerships between nations,” said Minister van Schalkwyk.

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