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.
On November 10, 2025, «Rossiya Segodnya» international media group discussed the results of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation's election observation mission in Tanzania. The Tanzanian elections took place on October 29, 2025. Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, took part in the event alongside with the observation mission's participants.
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."
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.
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 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.
The third edition of the expert and analytical handbook Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges of the HSE Center for African Studies was presented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025).
On June 18, 2025, Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE Center for African Studies, took part in the round table “Franchising in new realities: domestic and international formats. Prospects and opportunities for SMEs". The expert event, organized by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was held as part of the business program of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), June 18-21, 2025
