G20-led summit for Africa highlights renewed interest in fast-growing continent

Summary Berlin summit to foster economic reforms, investment in Africa Major powers jostling for influence, opportunities on continent African leaders to meet Scholz, Macron BERLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Leaders from more than a dozen African countries are heading to Germany for the G20 Compact with Africa conference, which aims to help bolster private investment in the world’s poorest, but fast-growing, continent. Underscoring renewed interest in Africa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be among those attending the summit in Berlin, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according…