Phil Schiller, Senior Vice-president at Apple, Inc. speaks about the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus during an Apple event at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.