The director of the Center for African Studies discussed African policy of the Trump administration
On February 25, 2025, the African Initiative News Agency organized an international expert round table on the topic "President Trump's African Policy: strategy, interests, consequences" at the Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow.
The closing ceremony of the Winter E-Governance Knowledge-Sharing Week for African officials
On December 22, 2023, the Winter E-Governance Knowledge-Sharing Week for African officials, organized by the HSE Center for African Studies with the support of Innopraktika, closed.
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HSE Center for African Studies and Innopraktika presented the E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program at the Russia–Africa Summit
On 28 July, at the Second Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, a round table "Knowledge Sharing: Exchange of Experience in the Field of Digitalization of Public Administration" was held. The discussion was moderated by Anastasia Pavlenko, Deputy Executive Director and Director for Strategic Partnerships of the non-state development institute Innopraktika. The event was attended by Andrey Maslov, Director of the HSE University Center for African Studies and Coordinator of the Knowledge Sharing Program; Igor Lyapunov, Senior Vice President for Information Security at Rostelecom and General Director of Rostelecom-Solar; Souef Kamalidini, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Comoros; Peya Mushelenga, Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Namibia; Orlando Mazuze, General Manager of MaCh Digital (Mozambique); and Adamu Garba, President of IPI (Nigeria).
Andrey Maslov made a presentation on BRICS at the RIAC round table
On August 25, 2023, the RIAC round table on the results of the BRICS summit, which took place in South Africa on August 22-24, 2023, was held at the Izvestia Media Center. Andrey Maslov, Director of the Center for African Studies, spoke about the results of the XV BRICS Summit and the prospects for the organization's development through the creation of new institutions and admission of new members.
Results of the E-Governance Knowledge Hub’s and Innopraktika’s joint work at the Russia-Africa Forum
On July 28, 2023, the second Russia-Africa summit and the Economic and Humanitarian Forum ended in St. Petersburg.
Director of HSE Center for African Studies Andrey Maslov presented the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Hub and Programme for Africa at the round table «Russia-Africa: Digital Transformation of Public Administration»
On December 15 2022, HSE Center for African Studies in partnership with the company Innopraktika held the round table « Russia-Africa: Digital Transformation of Public Administration » and presented there the concept of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Hub for Africa. The experts discussed suggestions regarding the contents of the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Programme and presented reports on the prospects of cooperation with African countries in the digital markets.