“One of the most important trips I’ve taken” is how Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, recently described his visit to Africa.
Lula, who is leader of the Workers’ Party at home, remains a popular figure in the developing world given that under his leadership Brazil was able to halve child malnutrition, slashed poverty by a third through the Bolsa Família programme and heavily invested in infrastructure through the Growth Acceleration Programme.
Two-and-a-half months into his G20 presidency, the Brazilian president came to Africa to visit Egypt, where the
