President Cyril Ramaphosa has been invited by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend a G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) meeting in Berlin to promote private investment into the African continent.

As South Africa is a member of the G20 it will co-chair the initiative with Germany.

Ramaphosa will travel to Germany on Wednesday to attend the CwA on Thursday and Friday.

He will be accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor.

Ramaphosa will also meet with Merkel to discuss bilateral and regional issues.

The conference is also expected to discuss vaccine production in Africa.

Currently, 12 African countries have joined the initiative: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia.