July 18, 2023, Russia and Africa: audit of relations. Presentation of the Valdai Report

On July 18, at the Valdai Club site, a presentation of the report “Russia and Africa: An Audit of relations,” prepared specifically for the Russian-African Conference of the Club, which will be held on July 25 in St. Petersburg, took place.

What might Russia's African strategy look like? What is needed for its successful implementation? What is Moscow’s competitive advantage over other countries that seek to cooperate with the region? The authors of the report answered these and other questions during the presentation.

Speakers:
Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Lecturer at Edgerton University (Kenya)
Rasigan Maharaj, Director General of the Institute for Economic Research in Innovation at Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
Dmitry Poletaev, Director of the Center for Migration Research, and Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of National Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Elena Kharitonova, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies, Institute of African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Natalia Tsayser, Chairman of the Board of the Union “African Business Initiative”
Laura Chkonia, Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, MGIMO Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Roger Tsafak Nanfosso, Rector of the University of Dschang, Cameroon

Moderator:
Oleg Barabanov, program director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Working languages: Russian, English.