Center’s Delegation met with Tafara Matekaire, Secretary of the Office of the President and Cabinet e-Government Technology Unit of the Administration of the Zimbabwean President
On 30 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Centre for African Studies, and Deputy Director, Vsevolod Sviridov, discussed the prospects of Russia-Zimbabwe cooperation in the field of e-Governance with Tafara Matekaire. Mr. Matekaire highly appreciated the results of theWinter E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Week, held in December 2023 at the HSE in Moscow. The project was launched within thee-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program.
Andrey Maslov met with the Executive Director of the Tanzania Investment Center
On July 25, 2024 Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center for African Studies, and Anna Bondarenko, Executive Director of Intexpertise LLC, met with Gilead Teri, Executive Director of the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC), and Binilith S. Mahenge, Chairman of its Board of Directors, and discussed prospects for Russian investors in Tanzania.
Delegation of the Center visited Uganda
On 18 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and Deputy Director, Vsevolod Sviridov, met with Chris Baryomunsi, Minister of Information and Communications Technology and National Guidance of Uganda. Evgeny Kalashnikov, Charge d’affaires of Russia in Uganda, and Michael Ocero, Acting Commissioner for e-Services at the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, also took part in the meeting.
The Center’s delegation visited Makerere University in Uganda
On July 18, 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center, and Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov, met with Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, who is the Rector of Makerere University. Evgeny Kalashnikov, Russian Charge d’affaires in Uganda, also took part in a meeting.
The Centre for African Studies visited the Tanzania ICT Commission
On 16 July 2024, the delegation of the HSE Center for African Studies met with the Commission’s Director General, Nkundwe Moses Mwasaga, at its office in Dar es Salaam.
Open Air for future experts in international relations: internships in Africa, mobility in Brazil
At the beginning of July, Open Air, the annual festival of bachelor's degree programs of #world_faculty - was held in Malaya Ordynka, where the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University is located.
Russian diplomat Alexander Polyakov took part in the dialogue of the Center for African Studies
On June 25, the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the HSE University hosted a dialogue on diplomatic service in Africa with the participation of Russian diplomat, Alexander Polyakov. The event was devoted to diplomatic work in African countries. The session was moderated by Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center for African Studies.
Expert of the Center for African Studies commented on the results of SPIEF-2024 on the air of Radio Sputnik
On June 8, 2024, Vsevolod Sviridov, an expert of the Center for African Studies, gave an interview on air for Sputnik Radio.
HSE University and Innopraktika signed an agreement on the joint projects to share experience with African countries
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Nikita Anisimov, Rector of the HSE University, and Natalia Popova, First Deputy CEO of Innopraktika, signed an agreement on strategic cooperation.
Andrey Maslov took part in the Russian Government's strategic session on the development of foreign economic activity
On December 12, 2023, the Government Coordination Center hosted a strategic session led by the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Among the invited participants were executives and representatives of the higher educational institutions, heads of major companies and organizations involved in international trade. The topic of the discussion was the development of Russia's foreign economic activity with the increasing role of developing economies in the background.