Official Opening Ceremony

Performance by South Africa Youth Choir
Opening by Master of Ceremonies, Veli Mbele, Deputy Director, DSI
Welcome from the Deputy Major of Cape Town, Edwin Peter Andrews
Remarks from Phil Mjwara, Director General, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
Video address from Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
Remarks from Rainer von Brandis, Research Director, National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project
Remarks from youth representative Thobeka Zondi
Closing remarks from GEO Secretariat Director Yana Gevorgyan

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