Valentin Bianki

Last week, December 10, the team of experts of theE-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program held a series of workshops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

On November 22, 2024, experts of the Center for African Studies and participants to thee-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program took part in the 13th session of theAfrica Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF). The event was held at the headquarters of the UN Economic Commission for Africa from November 20 to 22, 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The HSE University Centre for African Studies has presented an English-language expert-analytical handbook titled ‘Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges.’ For the first time, Russian experts have prepared a comprehensive work aimed at an African audience rather than Russian readers. The handbook incorporates a significant amount of new data and introduces new approaches for assessing development prospects. The presentation took place in Sochi on November 9, 2024, during the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum.

On November 9-10, the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum was held at Sirius University in Sochi.

The Russian-African Competence Transfer Programme in the Field of Public Administration Digitalisation in African Countries, which is being implemented by HSE University's Centre for African Studies, will be partially state-financed. The subsidy will be provided by the Russian government in accordance with the corresponding order signed on September 21.

On July 28, 2023, the second Russia-Africa summit and the Economic and Humanitarian Forum ended in St. Petersburg.