Author: Sukhanovskaya, Olga

On 1–2 July 2026, a series of expert consultations under the name «Africa Regional Consultation on the Implementation of WSIS+20 Outcomes: Operationalizing WSIS+20 and GDC» took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Leading Expert of the HSE Center for African Studies Nikolay Golovko and Research Assistant Arkady Tsvetkov took part in two consultation sessions within the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program.

On June 11, 2026, a lecture and roundtable titled «Regional Security Governance: International Experience and African Practice» was held. The event featured representatives of the African Union Commission (AUC), who discussed  the contemporary security challenges facing Africa, prospects for regional integration, and opportunities for using IT solutions to monitor the socio-political situation across the continent.

On June 11, 2026, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the HSE Center for African Studies, as part of the educational «Africa» track, will organize a lecture for students and a roundtable titled «Regional Security Governance: International Experience and African Practice». The event will take place in the HSE University White Hall (Room A-201), located at 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard. Representatives of the African Union Commission (AUC) will participate in the discussion.

On June 5, 2026, the «Russia–Tanzania Business Dialogue» was held as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The session was moderated by Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies

On April 29-30, the first meeting of the Russian-Central African working group on cooperation in the field of geology and subsoil use took place in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Nikita Panin, an expert of the HSE Center for African Studies, took part in the event as part of the delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia.

From April 7-9, 2026, Africa’s largest tech and startup exhibition, GITEX Africa, took place in Marrakech, Morocco. The delegation of the HSE Center for African Studies participated in the event, and presented the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program.

On March 16, 2026, the 11th meeting of the Intergovernmental Russian-Namibian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was held in Windhoek, Namibia. Director Andrey Maslov participated in the event on behalf of the HSE Center for African Studies.

On February 25, 2026, the University of Nairobi, Kenya hold an opening ceremony of the Africa Centre for the Study of Russia (ACSOR). Expert Nikolai Golovko took part in the event online.

On February 6, 2026, the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS) hosted a round table on the topic "Horn of Africa countries in the focus of interests of regional and global players." Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and expert Andrey Shelkovnikov took part in the event.

From January 19 to 23, 2026, the 9th Tanzania Annual ICT Conference (TAIC-2025) took place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The event was organized by the Program’s partner, the ICT Commission of Tanzania. Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies and coordinator of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program, spoke on the 4th day of the Conference.