<span style="color: #222222;">British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets 16 African leaders at an investment summit today. It will see Britain cast out a net for trading partners in its new life outside the EU. <br />''<br />''The first UK-Africa Investment Summit in London comes less than two weeks before Britain formally ends its decades-long involvement in the European integration project. It also follows a tour of sub-Saharan Africa former prime minister Theresa May made in 2018. That was the first by a UK leader in five years.<br />''</span><br />''The 16 leaders from 21 attending African countries include presidents Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Ghanaian leader Nana Akufo-Addo will also attend.<br />''Johnson will tell the African leaders and big company executives that he wants to make Britain their "investment partner of choice," Downing Street said.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">He is also expected to announce an end to Britain's support for thermal coal mining and coal power plants overseas. Britain will formally leave the European Union on January 31.</span><br />