{"id":22804,"date":"2026-01-23T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/wef-to-resume-hosting-its-africa-summit-in-sa-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:33:42","slug":"wef-to-resume-hosting-its-africa-summit-in-sa-2027","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/wef-to-resume-hosting-its-africa-summit-in-sa-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"WEF to resume hosting its Africa Summit in SA, 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The World Economic Forum (WEF) will resume hosting its Africa Summit in South Africa (SA) next year in April.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This after a seven-year-long absence.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Briefing the media following SA\u2019s participation in the forum in Davos this week, Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says the event will further bolster the tourism sector that already contributes 8.8% to SA\u2019s Gross Domestic Profuct (GDP)and supports 1.8 million jobs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>De Lille adds: \u201cLet me start by thanking the WEF for selecting SA to host the Spring Davos in 2o27. We are ready, able and willing and look forward to us being afforded the opportunity. SA is the leading business event destination in the continent and Middle East. Business event and tourism contribute 8.8% to the GDP of SA.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20522,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-22804","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA is the leading business event destination inAfrica.","published_date":null,"news_description":"SA is the leading business event destination inAfrica.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25981,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/22804\/revisions\/25981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=22804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}