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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Friday (November 21, 2025) interacted with Indian root tech entrepreneurs and members of the Indian assemblage based successful South Africa and called upon them to deepen their engagement with India.
Mr. Modi, who is successful Johannesburg to be the G20 Leaders’ Summit, successful a societal media station said helium had a “fruitful interaction” with Indian root tech entrepreneurs and they talked astir the enactment they are doing successful sectors specified arsenic FinTech, societal media platforms, agriculture, education, healthcare, aesculapian devices and more.
“Called upon them to deepen their engagement with India and enactment intimately with our people,” helium said.
The Prime Minister besides met members of the Indian assemblage based successful South Africa who are actively moving with antithetic assemblage organisations.
“They shared their experiences connected assorted issues and were precise appreciative of India’s strides crossed antithetic fields. Urged them to support up the momentum with which they are enhancing people-to-people linkages,” helium said.
“Also asked them to boost the popularity of Indian civilization among the radical of South Africa, including practices specified arsenic Yoga, Ayurveda,” helium added.
“The Prime Minister emphasised their relation arsenic ‘a surviving bridge’ betwixt the 2 countries. He appreciated the publication of implicit 1.7 cardinal beardown Indian diaspora successful South Africa towards nurturing the humanities bonds of relationship betwixt India and South Africa,” Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said connected X.
Mr. Modi besides lauded their efforts to assistance the younker link with the bequest of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, helium added.
The Prime Minister besides received a ‘Kalash’ from the Chinmaya Mission, consisting of Shree Anna oregon millets from India arsenic good arsenic South Africa.
“This volition beryllium placed successful the Annapoorna Devi Temple successful Durban,” helium said.
Mr. Modi besides met with the winners of the Bharat Ko Janiye (Know India) Quiz successful South Africa.
The Prime Minister said this quiz “encourages members of our diaspora to larn much astir India’s history, civilization and more”.
PM Modi meets Naspers chairman, CEO
Mr. Modi held a gathering with Naspers president and CEO connected the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit and discussed expanding investments successful India’s integer ecosystem.
Mr. Modi met with Chairman Koos Bekker and CEO Fabricio Bloisi of the South African multinational net and exertion institution and the discussions focussed connected “expanding investments successful India’s integer ecosystem, AI, Startup and abstraction sectors and research caller avenues successful user marketplace and technology”, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said successful a societal media post.
“Naspers’ occurrence successful India reflects easiness of doing concern and the spot of the Startup ecosystem successful India,” helium added.
“Deepening concern linkages featured prominently successful the discussions. It is commendable however Naspers is actively moving with our talented younker crossed divers sectors,” Mr. Modi said connected X.
Separately, Mr. Modi besides met his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and the 2 leaders took banal of advancement successful practice successful divers areas, including defence and security, captious minerals, commercialized & concern and people-to-people ties.
Mr. Modi met Mr. Albanese hours aft helium arrived successful South Africa to be the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
Mr. Modi arrived astatine Waterkloof Air Force Base (AFB) successful Gauteng, wherever helium was accorded a lukewarm and ceremonial welcome.
This is the archetypal G20 Summit being held successful Africa. The African Union became a subordinate of the G20 during India’s presidency successful 2023.
