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Top Russian Companies and Educational Organizations Present Stands at Russia–Africa Forum Exhibition in St. Petersburg

The Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum kicked off on 27 July. In addition to the scheduled panel discussions, African delegates were treated to the specially prepared forum venue stands of the business community and leading government and educational organizations. 

More than 50 exhibition stands in all were presented at the forum site and made use of a variety of interactive formats. For example, the exhibition stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federationwas dedicated to the fight against colonialism. The stand of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation hosted presentations and Ministry sports events and was dedicated to popular sports and its ‘Sport is an Essential Part of Life’ programme. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and the Federal Financial Monitoring Service also presented programmes. African representatives exhibited particular interest in the stands of Rosselkhoznadzor and Rospotrebnadzor, where modern technologies, practices, and Russian work quality standards were on full display. Russia’s regions were also on hand: the Republic of Tatarstan provided detailed information about opportunities for co-operation in business and on joint humanitarian, sports, and cultural programmes; Tver, Saratov, and Samara Oblasts had their own exhibits; Tambov Oblast dedicated its stand to 100 years of Sergei Rachmaninoff. In all, there were more than 25 companies from various Russian industries taking part in the exhibition.

As usual, Gazprom and ROSATOM, familiar to Africans from joint projects on the continent, enjoyed the greatest popularity. Rosatom demonstrated a wide range of ongoing and prospective projects in nuclear medicine, wind power, water desalination, and the construction of irradiation centres and research reactors.

The Russian Railways stand displayed a complete list of the projects and services it engages in abroad, with key indicators and information about its activities abroad and technologies used. The United Metallurgical Company stand featured three multimedia screens with 3D graphics, each screen reflecting different climatic conditions, showing how its pipeline worked reliably regardless of conditions, desert or Arctic.

For its stand, NOVATEK chose a mock-up natural gas liquefaction plant (LNG) based on the Arctic LNG 2 project, designed to demonstrate the company’s technological capabilities for implementing large-scale projects for the production and manufacture of liquefied natural gas. Gazprombank’s exhibit consisted of several zones dedicated to the bank’s key industrial assets with products capable of contributing to the stable development of the African economy. Media screens demonstrating the role of the financial organisation in the current and future development of the African economy were an important component of the stand.

 

The Russian Export Centre created a Russian export company business mission on the Forum margins, organising B2B meetings with potential partners from Africa.

The Roscongress Foundation presented its Territory of Innovations project stand, which was divided into three thematic zones: a lecture hall, an IT cluster, universities, and an innovative company exhibit. The lecture hall featured the heads of leading companies, government officials, and experts talking about trends in cybersecurity and the digitalization of the economy. The IT cluster, in turn, brought together well-known Russian IT companies occupying leading positions in the global market. The Territory of Innovations exhibit put the scientific and technological potential of Russian universities and startups on full display.

The Innopraktika and Higher School of Economics stand presented a programme entitled ‘The Transfer of Skills in the Digitalization of Public Administration’ and training programmes for public servants in Africa. Forum participants were treated to a Hub presentation on sharing knowledge in the digitalization of public administration that made use of a special touch panel.

Rostselmash and KAMAZ machinery was on display outdoors. Rostselmash presented its NOVA 340 combine harvester, Rostselmash 2375 tractor, and RSM TS-4500 Satellite trailed sprayers. KAMAZ models on display at the forum included the flagship KAMAZ 5490 as a prime example of the company’s capabilities in long-distance transport, the NEFAZ-5299-40-52 bus – the company’s leading model in urban transport, and the KAMAZ 43118 6x6, which has proven itself in the fleets of law enforcement agencies and when transporting humanitarian cargoes for the WFP.

 

 

The Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum have been organised by the Roscongress Foundation.

 

Event website: summitafrica.ru

 

 

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“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI