List of international presidential trips made by Cyril Ramaphosa

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Cyril Ramaphosa posing for a photo with other BRICS heads of state during the 11th BRICS summit in 2019.
Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the ITU Telecom World in 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Cyril Ramaphosa meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C. in 2022.
Cyril Ramaphosa meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Paris, 2023
Ramaphosa with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House, 21 May 2025

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Cyril Ramaphosa while President. Ramaphosa assumed the office of president on 15 February 2018 and made his first international trip as the President of South Africa to Luanda, Angola.[1]


Map showing International trips made by Ramaphosa as President
  1 Visit
  2 Visits
  3 Visits
  4 Visits
  5+ Visits
  South Africa
Number of visits Country
1 visit Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Burundi, Guinea, India, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, South Sudan, Switzerland, Qatar, Tanzania, Togo, Ukraine, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia
2 visits Botswana, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia
3 visits Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
4 visits Angola, Brazil, Eswatini, Japan, Lesotho, United Kingdom, Russia
5 visits Mozambique
6 visits Ethiopia, Namibia, United States
7 visits Zimbabwe

2018

Country Locations Dates Details
Angola Luanda 2 March Held a consultative meeting with President João Lourenço in his capacity as chair of the SADC.[2]
Botswana Gaborone 3 March Met with President Ian Khama on a consultative meeting as head of the SADC.[3]
Mozambique Maputo 17 March Held a consultative meeting with the President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi.[4]
Zimbabwe Harare 17 March Paid a courtesy visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[5]
Rwanda Kigali 20–21 March Paid a courtesy visit to President Paul Kagame, was a panelist at the African Continental Free Trade Area Business Forum, and signed the African Union Kigali Declaration[6]
United Kingdom London 17–19 April Makes courtesy visit to Elizabeth II and held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. Also addressed African leaders at the African Leaders Roundtable of the Commonwealth Business Forum, and attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[7]
Angola Luanda 25 April SADC Troika Heads of State and Government summit.[8]
 Switzerland Geneva 15–16 May Co-chaired the International Labour Organization Global Commission with the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.[9]
Canada Québec City, Toronto 8–10 June Attended the 44th G7 summit. Also attended a South Africa-Canada Investor engagement.[10]
Botswana Gaborone 29 June Attended the 6th Southern African Customs Union Summit.[11]
Mauritania Nouakchott 1–2 July Attended the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.[12]
Nigeria Lagos 10–11 July Met with President Muhammadu Buhari, and attended the 2018 Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebrations of the African Export-Import Bank.[13]
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 12 July State visit with King Salman of Saudi Arabia.[14]
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13 July Met with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[15]
Zambia Lusaka 9–10 August Met President Edgar Lungu at State House ahead of bilateral discussions. Also signed an agreement to establish a South Africa-Zambia Bi-National Commission.[16]
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa 10 August Met President Joseph Kabila to discuss the political and security situation. Ramaphosa also commends President Kabila for honouring the Congolese Constitution.[16]
Namibia Windhoek 16–18 August Met President Hage Geingob, and opened the 30th Ordinary SADC Heads of State and Government Summit as the outgoing SADC chairperson.[17]
Zimbabwe Harare 26 August Attended the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa.[18]
China Beijing 31 August – 3 September Attended the African-Chinese summit.[19]
United States New York City 25–27 September Attended the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.[20]
Germany Berlin 29–30 October Attended G20 Africa Conference and met Chancellor Angela Merkel.[21]
France Strasbourg 14 November Addressed the European Parliament and met with European Parliament President Antonio Tajani.[22]
Belgium Brussels 14–15 November Met with King Philippe of Belgium and Prime Minister Charles Michel. Also attended the 7th South Africa-European Union Summit.[23]
 Switzerland Geneva 15–16 November Co-chaired the Global Commission on the Future of Work at the headquarters of the International Labour Organization.[24]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 17 November Attended the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.[25]
Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November – 1 December Attended the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.[26]

2019

Country Locations Dates Details
Mozambique Maputo 14 January Met with President Filipe Nyusi.[citation needed]
 Switzerland Davos 22–25 January Attended the World Economic Forum.[citation needed]
India New Delhi 25–26 January Address the India-South Africa Business Forum and deliver the Gandhi-Mandela Freedom Lecture organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs as a part of celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Dialogue Forum. Also was the Chief Guest for Republic Day Parade.[27]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 10–11 February Attended the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government.
Eswatini Mbabane 3 March Met with King Mswati III.
Zimbabwe Harare 12 March Co-chaired the third session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Egypt Cairo 22 April Attended an emergency African Union Troika Summit convened to discuss Sudan and Libya.
Japan Osaka 28–29 June Attended the 2019 G20 Osaka summit.
Lesotho Maseru 4 July Met with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and King Letsie III.
Niger Niamey 7–8 July Attended the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union. The summit will entry into force of the Agreement on the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Morogoro 14–15 August State visit with President John Magufuli. He also visits Morogoro to see the remains of a fuel tanker explosion express solidarity.
France Biarritz 25–26 August Attended the 45th G7 summit.
Japan Yokohama 27–30 August. Attended the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Also attended the Japan-South Africa Business Expo.
Zimbabwe Harare 14 September Attended Robert Mugabe's state funeral.[28]
United Kingdom London 13–14 October Attended the 6th Financial Times Africa Summit.
Russia Sochi 23–24 October Attended the first Russia-Africa Summit.
Japan Yokohama 31 October Attended the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final.
Brazil Brasília 13–14 November Attended the 11th BRICS summit.
Lesotho Maseru 27 November Met with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and attended the closing ceremony of the Multi-stakeholder National Dialogue Plenary II.
Guinea Conakry 4 December Met with President Alpha Condé.
Ghana Accra 4–5 December Met with President Nana Akufo-Addo and also co-chaired the Ghana-South Africa Business Round Table.
Togo Lomé 5–6 December Met with President Faure Gnassingbé and attended a state banquet.
Egypt Aswan 11 December Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and participated in the inaugural session of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development.

2020

Country Locations Dates Details
Mozambique Maputo 15 January Attended the inauguration of President Filipe Nyusi.[29]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 9–10 February Attended the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, at which South Africa officially assumed the chair of the Union.[30]

2021

Country Locations Dates Details
Mozambique Maputo 8 April Attended an Extraordinary Double Troika Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the SADC, to discuss the security situation in Mozambique.[31]
Germany Berlin 26–27 August Attended a G20 Compact with Africa meeting.[32]
Eswatini Mbabane 2 November Met with Mswati III to discuss the political and security situation in Eswatini.[33]
Nigeria Lagos 30 November – 1 December State visit at the invitation of President Muhammadu Buhari, and the 10th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission.[34]
Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan 2–3 December State visit with President Alassane Ouattara (South Africa's first ever), and opening address at the Africa Investment Forum.[34]
Ghana Accra 4–5 December State visit with President Nana Akufo-Addo, and inaugural session of the Ghana-South Africa Bi-National Commission.[34]
Senegal Dakar 6–7 December Official visit, including to attend the Dakar Peace and Security Forum and sign bilateral agreements.[34]

2022

Country Locations Dates Details
Malawi Lilongwe 12 January Attended the SADC Extraordinary Summits in Malawi. The summit extended the funding and mandate for the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM).[35]
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa 17–18 August 42nd Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State[36]
United States Washington, D.C. 15–17 September Working visit[37]
United Kingdom London 19 September Attended state funeral of Elizabeth II[38]
Saudi Arabia Jeddah 15–16 October State visit[39]
Indonesia Bali November 14–16 Attended the 2022 G20 Summit. Met with President Joko Widodo. Held bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong[40]
United Kingdom London 22–23 November State visit[41]

2023

Country Locations Dates Details
Namibia Windhoek 31 January Attended the Extraordinary SADC Troika Summit to discuss the regional peace and security situation[42]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 17–19 February Attended the 36th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.[43]
Burundi Bujumbura 6 May Attended the 11th high-level meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region.[44]
Namibia Windhoek 8 May Attended the Extra-Ordinary Summit of Organ Troika, Plus SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade Troop Contributing Countries Heads of State and Government. The future deployment and coordination of various forces currently engaged in the M23 offensive in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was discussed.[45]
Nigeria Abuja 28–29 May Attended the Inauguration of President Bola Tinubu after his win of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election.[46]
Ukraine Kyiv 16 June Attended as part of the African Peace Mission to Ukraine.[47]
Russia Moscow 17 June Attended as part of the African Union Peace Delegation.[48]
Eswatini Mbabane 29 June Participate at the 8th Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State and Government Summit.[49]
Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa 6 July President Cyril Ramaphosa together with together with President Félix Tshisekedi, co-chaired the Heads of State and Government segment of the 12th session of the DRC –South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC).[50]
Russia Moscow 26–29 July Attended the Russia-Africa Summit 2023.[51]
Angola Luanda 16–17 August Attended the SADC summit. [citation needed]
India New Delhi 8–10 September Attended the G20 New Delhi summit.
United States New York 17–21 September Working visit. [citation needed]
Namibia Windhoek 13 October Met with the Namibian president Hage Geingob. [citation needed]
Egypt Cairo 21 October Attended the Cairo Summit for Peace, met with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [citation needed]
Qatar Doha 14–15 November Met with the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. [citation needed]
United Arab Emirates Dubai 2 December Working visit. [citation needed]

2024

Country Locations Dates Details
Uganda Kampala 18 January Attended the Non-Aligned Movement summit. [citation needed]
Namibia Windhoek 10 February Working visit.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 16–19 February Attended the 37th African Union summit. [citation needed]
Eswatini Mbabane 3 April Working visit
Rwanda Kigali 6-7 April Working visit
South Sudan Juba 16 April Working visit
Angola Luanda 7-8 August Working visit
Zimbabwe Harare 17 August Attended the 44th Ordinary SADC Summit
China Beijing 2-4 September State visit
United States New York City 22-24 September Attended the UN General Assembly
Lesotho Maseru 4 October Working visit
Russia Kazan 22–24 October Attended the 16th BRICS summit. [citation needed]
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 18–19 November Attended the 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit. [citation needed]
Algeria Algiers 6 December State visit

2025

Country Locations Dates Details
Mozambique Maputo 15 January Attended the inauguration of President-Elect Daniel Chapo[citation needed]
 Switzerland Davos 21 January Attended the World Economic Forum[citation needed]
Zimbabwe Harare 31 January Attended the SADC Extraordinary Summit[citation needed]
Ethiopia Addis Ababa 15 February Attended the African Union Summit[citation needed]
Namibia Windhoek 1 March Attended the state funeral of former president Sam Nujoma[citation needed]
Lesotho Maseru 22 April Working visit
Ivory Coast Abidjan 11-13 May Working visit
United States Washington, D.C. 19–21 May Working visit
Canada Kananaskis 16–17 June Attended 51st G7 summit[52]
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 6-7 July Attended the 17th BRICS summit
Japan Tokyo, Yokohama 21-22 August Attended the Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit
Zimbabwe Harare 29 August Participated the Zimbabwe agricultural show
United States New York City 22-24 September Attended the Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
Indonesia Jakarta 22-23 October State visit with President Prabowo Subianto.[53]
Vietnam Hanoi 23-24 October State visit[54]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 24-27 October State visit and attended the 47th ASEAN Summit.[55]

2026

Multilateral meetings

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