Members of the media are invited to the BRICS roundtable discussion to be held under the theme “BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.
The content will focus of South Africa’s achievements within BRICS and desired outcomes from Chairing the 10th BRICS Summit. The roundtable will be followed by a media tour.
The 2018 BRICS event seeks to focus on leveraging the Strategy for Economic Partnership towards the pursuit of Inclusive Growth and Advancing the 4th Industrial Revolution – this is intended to foster discussions to addresses opportunities provided by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as a means of leapfrogging development stages and bridging the digital divide.
During the roundtable, media arrangements and logistics for BRICS will also be discussed.
The full details of the events are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 19 July 2018
Roundtable
Time: 10h30 for 11h00
Venue: investSA One Stop Shop Gauteng,
The Place, 1 Sandton Drive, Sandton
Media Tour
Time: 13h30
RSVP: Mpho Sekgaphola email: mphop@gcis.gov.za contact: 0796523471
Enquiries on the events:
Mmemme Mogotsi
E-mail: mmemme@gcis.gov.za contact
Cell: 0728564288
Sinazo Masina
E-mail: sinazom@ggda.co.za
Cell: 0604939130
Follow the conversation @BRICS_10 and @brics_10
The hashtags are #BRICS and #BRICSZA
