The G20 released a highlights note on the outcomes of South Africa’s G20 presidency, reporting that negotiated ministerial outcome documents and chair’s statements were adopted across a wide set of working groups, including multiple Finance and Central Bank Governors ministerial meetings, and outlining key Sherpa and Finance Track deliverables. On the Finance Track, deliverables included the establishment of an Africa Expert Panel to advise South Africa’s Finance Minister and the launch of a G20 Africa Engagement Framework to support Africa’s economic and financial objectives for 2026–2030. Debt-related work covered accelerated implementation of the Common Framework for Debt Treatments, promotion of climate-resilient debt clauses, and adoption of a G20 Ministerial Statement on Debt in October 2025; supporting outputs included fact sheets on Chad, Zambia and Ghana Common Framework cases, lessons learned on restructurings, and enhanced information sharing with the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable. Other initiatives cited included an African Development Bank toolkit for developing cross-border infrastructure projects and an “Ubuntu Legacy Initiative” to accelerate such projects, an expanded Compact with Africa with Zambia and Angola admitted and a second phase launched for 2026–2033, and Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion work shifting the focus from access to usage of financial services alongside a July 2025 South African Reserve Bank and Bank for International Settlements dialogue on cross-border payments in Africa. Next steps flagged include a 4 December 2025 launch of the G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Wealth Inequality chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, with a key recommendation to create a permanent International Panel on Inequality. The note also indicates that the Africa Expert Panel’s work will continue beyond 2025 and that existing Finance Track working groups will take forward the Africa Engagement Framework.
G20 2025-11-27
G20 publishes South Africa presidency deliverables including Africa Engagement Framework and debt and inequality initiatives
The G20 highlighted outcomes from South Africa's presidency, including the Africa Expert Panel and the G20 Africa Engagement Framework for 2026–2030. Key deliverables in the Finance Track involved debt-related initiatives like the Common Framework for Debt Treatments and climate-resilient debt clauses, alongside infrastructure and financial inclusion projects. Upcoming actions include launching the G20 Extraordinary Committee on Global Wealth Inequality and continued work by the Africa Expert Panel.