Africa has emerged recently as one of the major focuses of the Korean government, since support from countries of the African continent will be essential for Busan to win the race against Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Italy’s Rome and Ukraine’s Odesa to be selected as the venue for the 2030 World Expo.
While the central and municipal governments have invited African ambassadors to the second-largest city of Korea to win them over, top conglomerates are also planning to send economic delegations to the continent.