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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.

From May 6 to 8, 2026, the Spring Knowledge Sharing School for e-Governance was held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.

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.

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.

On November 20, 2025, the HSE Centre for African Studies organized a roundtable discussion on «The Potential of Digital Solutions for Ensuring Food Sovereignty» ​​as part of the International Conference on African Countries Food Sovereignty Ensuring in Addis Ababa, organized by Rossotrudnichestvo with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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.

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.