Angela Merkel German Chancellor  is scheduled to meet Angolan President, Joao Lourenco on Friday, on the second leg of her three-day visit to southern Africa.

The talks are expected to focus on bilateral political and economic relations between Germany and Angola as well as Angola’s role as a regional economic player.

Merkel, who is accompanied by a delegation of business leaders, is further set to attend the opening of a German-Angolan economic forum and sign several cooperation agreements and contracts.

The chancellor is expected to show her support for the Lourenco government’s reform course, particularly the fight against corruption.

The southern African nation’s political elite has been accused of endemic corruption for the past four decades.