President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Durban, South Africa for the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair.
President Buhari’s plane touched down at the King Shaka International Airport, Durban at 23:10 GMT.
He was Received by South African officials and Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Mohammed Haruna Manta.
After a brief ceremony at the airport, President Buhari was immediately driven to his place of abode.
President Buhari will on Monday participate in the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair alongside 14 other Presidents, at the International Conference Center Durban.
The event is being convened by the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM) in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat.
The theme of the Fair, Building Bridges for a Successful AfCFTA aims at boosting trade and investment across the African continent.
It also promises to create the enabling environment for businesses to thrive across the African continent; bring to fruition the lofty ideas behind the creation of the AfCFTA by providing the platform to further identify and proffer solutions to challenges militating against intra-African trade and; generate market information needed to connect buyers and sellers throughout the continent.
He is expected to meet with the Nigerian community in South Africa in the course of his visit, before departing South Africa.
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