Center for African Studies will present at the SPIEF the third edition of the expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges with a foreword by Olusegun Obasanjo
The third edition of the expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges was prepared by the team of experts of the HSE Center for African Studies. The full version of the Handbook is published on the Center’s website.
Working visit of the Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies to the Republic of Congo
From May 26 to 30, 2025, Vsevolod Sviridov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, paid a working trip to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, as part of a joint delegation from Sberbank and School 21 (Sberbank's educational project for training IT specialists).
Andrey Maslov took part in the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA)
On May, 20, 2025, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies participated in the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Director of the Center participated in the World Summit on the Information Society in Africa (WSIS+20)
From May 14 to 16, 2025, the World Summit on the Information Society in Africa (WSIS+20) was held in Cotonou, Benin. The high-level hybrid event was organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the Government and the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin.
Philip Grinin took part in the Moscow Export Center's educational event on the eve of GITEX AFRICA 2025
On April 7, 2025, Philip Grinin, an expert at the HSE Centre for African Studies, participated in the Moscow Export Center's online consultation for Russian companies planning to attend GITEX AFRICA 2025, a tech innovation exhibition, which will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on April 14-16, 2025. As a member of the Centre's delegation, Philip Grinin presented on the features of business negotiations with Moroccan partners.
Director of the Center for African Studies participated in the panel discussion organized by the ICRC
On April 3, 2025, the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus hosted an expert discussion “Food Security in Africa: Humanitarian Challenges and Possible Solutions”. Among the participants of the English-language event were officials and business representatives, international and academic organizations working in Africa. Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center for African Studies, made a report on food sovereignty issues.
Expert of the Center for African Studies participated in the RIAC seminar
On April 2, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted the seminar “The Policy of the Leading Non-Western States on the African Continent”. Among the participants were international specialists, Africanists, political scientists and historians studying African development issues.
Expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges is published in full on the Center's website
The expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges by the Center for African Studies of the HSE University is available for review and download, as well as its individual chapters.
The Center for African Studies discussed prospects for cooperation between Russian regions and African countries in the Federation Council
On March 10, 2025, the Federation Council hold a round table on “Current issues of foreign economic relations between the Russian regions and African States,” which was attended by federal officials, representatives of the Russian subjects, and the expert community. On behalf of the Center for African Studies, Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov participated in the event.
Andrey Maslov discussed the prospects of Russian-African educational cooperation at the RIAC seminar
On February 27, 2025, an expert seminar "Russian-African cooperation in education today: Challenges and Prospects" took place at the Russian Council on International Affairs (RIAC). Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center for African Studies, took part in the discussion of Russian education policy in Africa.