BRICS+ · Global South

Placing Africa inside a multipolar order

Global Africa Media launches at the BRICS+ summit hosted by India. Below is the confirmed membership of the bloc, and the annual chairship rotation between the five founding members.

Chairship rotation

• 2023

  South Africa

  Johannesburg

• 2024

  Russia

  Kazan

• 2025

  Brazil

  Rio de Janeiro

• 2026

  India

  New Delhi

• 2027

  China

  To be confirmed

Founding members

• Brazil

  Founding member, 2009

  Chaired the 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

• Russia

  Founding member, 2009

  Hosted the Kazan summit that opened the door to BRICS partners.

• India

  Founding member, 2009

  Host of the summit at which Global Africa Media launches.

• China

  Founding member, 2009

  Africa's largest single trading partner.

• South Africa

  Joined 2010

  The continent's founding seat and Global Africa Media's home base.

Full members added under BRICS+

• Egypt

  Full member, 1 January 2024

  North Africa · Suez trade corridor.

• Ethiopia

  Full member, 1 January 2024

  East Africa · seat of the African Union.

• Iran

  Full member, 1 January 2024

  Energy and Global South alignment.

• United Arab Emirates

  Full member, 1 January 2024

  Gulf capital flows into African infrastructure.

• Indonesia

  Full member, 6 January 2025

  The bloc's newest full member.

Partner countries

• Belarus
• Bolivia
• Cuba
• Kazakhstan
• Malaysia
• Nigeria
• Thailand
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam

Saudi Arabia has been invited to full membership but has not confirmed accession, so it is not listed above.