Presiden Jokowi bertolak menuju Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambik, dan Afrika Selatan, dari Bandara Internasional Kualanamu, Deli Serdang. Dalam kunjungan perdana ke kawasan Afrika itu, Presiden juga akan menghadiri KTT BRICS.

If it is able to formulate the right strategy to take advantage of opportunities from global demographic changes, Indonesia will become a developed country by 2045.

The UN predicted that the African population would reach 1.7 billion people, or about 20 percent of the total population in the world in 2030. Countries on the African continent are rich in natural resources and agricultural lands, but they have not yet been properly utilized such as in countries in East Africa.