On October 31, 2025, a workshop titled «Techno-Colonialism: Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for African Identity» was held at Makerere University in Uganda. Nikolai Golovko, expert at the HSE Center for African Studies, participated in the event online.
On October 31, 2025, a roundtable discussion entitled «Africa-Russia. Joint Projects and Prospects: Geological, Economic and Social Factors» was held in St. Petersburg as part of the «Russian-African Raw Materials Dialogue» conference. The event, which focused on Russian-African cooperation in the field of using mineral resources and geological exploration, was organized by the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra). Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, moderated the roundtable.On October 31, 2025, a roundtable discussion entitled "Africa–Russia. Joint Projects and Prospects: Geological, Economic, and Social Factors" was held in St. Petersburg as part of the "Russian-African Resources Dialogue" conference. The event, which focused on Russian-African cooperation in subsoil use and geological exploration, was organized by the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra). Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, moderated the roundtable.
From October 15-17, 2025, the international forum Russian Energy Week 2025 took place in Moscow. It was organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Russian Ministry of Energy, with the support of the Moscow Government. Vsevolod Sviridov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, participated as a speaker in the forum's session "Russia – Africa: Toward the Practical Implementation of Energy Projects."
The delegation of the Center for African Studies exchanged copies of the cooperation agreement between the HSE University and Makerere University of the Republic of Uganda.
From September 29 to October 3, 2025, Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies and Coordinator of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program, participated in the Russia-Africa Energy Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. The event took place within the African Energy Week 2025 organized by the Centre’s partner, African Energy Chamber.
Registration is now open for the lecture “States, the Private Sector, and International Organizations: The Distribution of Roles in Africa’s Digital Transformation” by Mactar Seck, Head of the Innovation and Technology Sector at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
On September 30, 2025, Director of the HSE Centre for African Studies Andrey Maslovvisited the National School of Government (NSG) of the Republic South Africa.
On September 10, 2025, the HSE Centre for African Studies celebrated its fifth anniversary. During the ceremony at the HSE's Cultural Centre, the expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Opportunities and Risks was presented by the team of authors.
On September 18, 2025, the International Technology Congress, a platform for the development of ICT exports, hosted the session “From Cairo to Cape Town: Prospects for the digital market in Africa”, organized by the Center for Global IT Cooperation in partnership with the RUSSOFT Association. An expert of the Center and Deputy Coordinator of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program Philip Grinin participated in the event.
On July 28-30, 2025, Vsevolod Sviridov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, as part of a delegation led by Sergei Tsivilev, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, to the countries of the Sahara-Sahel region — Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
