Agenda · India 2026

Resilience, innovation, cooperation, sustainability

The four declared pillars of India's chairship, and the African reading of each.

Resilience

Building resilience

Food, energy and supply-chain security across the bloc, plus reform of the multilateral system.

African ports, rail and grain corridors are the practical test of every resilience pledge.

Innovation

Digital public infrastructure, artificial intelligence governance and shared research capacity.

India's digital identity and payments stack is the template most African states are studying.

Cooperation

Trade in local currencies, New Development Bank lending and expanded partner-country status.

Egypt, Ethiopia and South Africa carry the continent's voice inside the bloc's committees.

Sustainability

Climate finance, critical minerals and a just energy transition for the Global South.

Critical-mineral beneficiation on African soil is the continent's central 2026 ask.