Alfons Hoermann (L), President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) presents Hamburg as a possible German city bid for the Olympic Games in 2024, during a news conference in Frankfurt, March 16, 2015. [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.