He will meet Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama, Swaziland’s King Mswati III, Benin’s President Boni Yayi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
Mr Modi will also meet Lesotho Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, Equatorial Guinea’s President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou and Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno.
Mr Modi’s meetings include that with Mozambican Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario, Sao Tome and Principe’s Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada, Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Guinean President Alpha Conde and Botswana Vice President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who met eight of her African counterparts today, will meet 12 more on Wednesday.