JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 19 November 2025 — TrustAfrica has called for a fundamental reimagining of global cooperation, as its Programmes Director, Briggs Bomba, delivered a compelling keynote at the African Union ECOSOCC High-Level Breakfast Meeting held on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
Bomba stressed that traditional global governance systems are showing deep structural cracks, making them increasingly unfit for a multipolar world marked by intensifying geopolitical competition. To address this, he urged African leaders and civil society to champion a new, people-driven model of multilateralism built on solidarity and equity.
According to Bomba, people-to-people solidarity remains the most dynamic and resilient driver of global cooperation. He underscored philanthropy’s evolving role — shifting from occasional funders to strategic partners — in building a multilateral system anchored in citizen action and movements across the Global Majority.
He praised South Africa’s G20 theme of “solidarity, equity, and sustainability,” noting that these ideals will emerge not from elite agreements but from grassroots efforts: “brick by brick, from below.”
Beyond the G20 Summit, Bomba encouraged African leadership to remain bold in shaping global discourse on the continent’s most pressing priorities, including:
Climate Justice
Economic Transformation
Peace and Security
Democratic Governance
