The G20 member nations reportedly represent around 85% of the global Gross Domestic Product, over 75% of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.

"The rest of the world is starting to understand the opportunities in Africa, the opportunities for partnerships, for investments, for complementarities in certain products, and there's also a recognition and an understanding [of] this youth demographic we keep talking about in Africa," Stavros Nicolaou, Group Senior Executive, Aspen Pharmacare says to FORBES AFRICA.