Hyundai Motor Company Supports 119 Official Protocol Vehicles for Korea-Africa Summit

Hyundai Motor Group will provide official protocol vehicles for the Korea-Africa Summit to be held in Korea this June.

On the 22nd, Hyundai Motor Group signed an agreement to support official protocol vehicles with the Korea-Africa Summit Preparatory Planning Group at the Korean Re Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Il-beom, Vice President in charge of Overseas Public Affairs at Hyundai Motor Group, and Jeong Ki-hong, Head of the Korea-Africa Summit Preparatory Planning Group, among others.

With this agreement, Hyundai Motor Group will support a total of 119 official protocol vehicles, including 77 Genesis flagship sedans G90 and 42 mid-size sedans G80, for the Korea-Africa Summit to be held from June 4 to 5 at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and Seoul.

This summit, held for the first time targeting Africa, has invited more than 50 delegations from African countries and international organizations. Attending heads of state are expected to discuss ways to continuously expand cooperative relations between Korea and African countries in all aspects such as industry, trade, and resources, as well as to strengthen cooperation on the international stage.

Genesis G90

Africa has become the largest single market by number of member countries since the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2021. It has emerged as a massive economic zone with a GDP of $3 trillion and is expected to have a population of about 1.7 billion by 2035, showing significant growth potential. In particular, Africa is rich in various renewable energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind, and geothermal, as well as abundant deposits of key electric vehicle battery minerals including cobalt, nickel, lithium, manganese, and graphite, highlighting its strategic importance as a global supply chain.

Hyundai Motor Group expects this summit, which is anticipated to be attended by about 10,000 people including heads of state and international organizations from African countries and major corporate representatives, to be a great opportunity to showcase the competitiveness of the Genesis brand.

A Hyundai Motor Group official said, "We are honored to provide official protocol vehicles for the first-ever summit between Korea and Africa. We expect this to contribute to the successful hosting of the summit while also serving as an opportunity to demonstrate Hyundai Motor Group’s outstanding product competitiveness and technological capabilities."

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