Press events programme 2019

Agreement Signing Ceremony

The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The parties are signing an agreement on cooperation in the field of the ise of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

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Broadcast

Plenary session Russia and Africa: Uncovering the Potential for Cooperation

Address by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
Address by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

The access for media representatives to the Plenary session hall is allowed with pool cards. Pool cards will be issued on 23.10.2019 at 8.00-9.30 at the Information desk of the Press centre.

Meeting

Field session of the Business Advisory Council for Libya

A field session of the Business Advisory Council for Libya for discussing promising lines of development of bilateral trade and economic co-operation and possible co-operation and potential mechanisms for resolving the crisis in the country along the lines of the UN Road Map. Representatives of Russia’s expert community and key participants in the inter-Libyan dialogue will take part.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

Transmashholding CJSC and Egyptian National Railway

The parties are signing an additional agreement to the contract for the supply of 1300 wagons for Egypt between Transmashholding Hungary and ENR.

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Presentation

Official opening of the virtual shooting range for the participants of the Russia-Africa Summit

The official opening of the virtual shooting range with full immersion and the use of weight-sized models of hunting carbines will take place at the VR Community stand (№14) in the exhibition area of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum.
As part of the Roscongress Sport Club project, a shooting tournament will be held for Forum participants. The results of each player will be recorded in the overall standings. The content of the shooting gallery is decorated in two stylistic decisions and contains two levels: one of them will copy the nature of central Russia, and the other – the ambiance in the African savannah.
Players will use special models of hunting carbines with wood trim, made in the same stylistic solution with the design of the program part of the Forum.

Agreement Signing Ceremony

"Rosgeo" JSC and Ministry of Mining of the Republic of South Sudan

The parties are signing a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation in the creation of a mineral resource management system, including the improvement of the cadastral service and the information center of the Agency and the Ministry of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Sudan, the search, assessment and development of deposits of ferrous, non-ferrous and rare metals, rare earths and other highly liquid minerals.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

"Rosgeo" JSC and Ministry of mines and hydrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

The parties are signing a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation in airborne geophysical work, 2D and 3D regional seismic exploration in transit zones and on the deep sea shelf, processing and interpretation of seismic data, engineering and other works.

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Press briefing

Media briefing by Andrey Guryev, President of the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association and PhosAgro CEO

PhosAgro’s booth will host a media briefing by Andrey Guryev, President of the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association and PhosAgro CEO. PhosAgro is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

"Rosgeo" JSC and Rwanda mines, petroleum and gas board

The parties are signing an agreement on cooperation in the field of creating a laboratory complex and studying the hydrocarbon potential of Lake Kivu

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Press Approach

Notice on the establishment of the Centre for African Studies of the Higher School of Economics National Research University in partnership with Intexpertise LLC

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Press Approach

Digitalisation of trade between Russia and Africa – potential growth points for manufacturers and exporters in the Russian Federation

Press approach topics:
- What are the available opportunities for increasing trade between Russia and the countries of Africa? Which sectors are most promising and what can Russian companies offer partners already today?
- How can trade digitalisation make the African continent more accessible for Russian businesses and increase goods turnover?

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Agreement signing ceremonies

Roscongress foundation

Signing of cooperation agreements between Roscongress foundation and:

The Egyptian Exporters Association — Expolink;
Investment Promotion Agency of the Republic of the Congo;
Niger Agency for attracting investments and strategic projects;
Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority;
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Burkina Faso;
Federal state budgetary institution of science Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture;
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Mali chamber of Commerce and industry;
The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique.

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Presentation

Digital accessibility of African regions through broadband communication

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Agreement signing ceremonies

Transmashholding CJSC

Signing memorandums of understanding with:

Transcontinental infrastructure company limited (TCIC);
Nigerian Railway Corporation, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Federal Republic of Nigeria;
Nasarawa State Government.

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Press Approach

Women Entrepreneur and the way to the successful business

Encouragement for women to step into the business without fear and be able to sustain it. Life story of successful business started with no capital available at hands.

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Press Approach

Press approach following the results of the Russian Export Center's business program at the Forum Russia-Africa

Together with the main partner in Africa - Afreximbank, the REC group received the official status of co-organizer of the Russia-Africa forum. Andrei Slepnev, General Director of REC, will tell about the prospects for the development of non-resource-based non-energy exports to the African continent, financial and non-financial export support instruments, signatures and important agreements that took place on the sidelines of the forum.

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Press conference

Libya: causes of the economic crises and solutions

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Press Approach

Press approach following the "Contribution of Nuclear Technologies in the Development of Africa" Plenary session

The press approach of Alexey Likhachev, Director General, State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM at the end of the Plenary Session “The Contribution of Atomic Technologies to the Development of Africa” will be held on the topic “Cooperation of Rosatom State Corporation with the countries of the African continent. Current and future projects.”

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

Transmashholding CJSC, Russian Railways JSC, The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) and Aenergy S.A.

Signing memorandum of understanding.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

Foundation for National Values Protection and Association for free research and international cooperation (AFRIC)

Signing of a cooperation agreement to exchange the results of research and analytics developed by experts from these structures and organize joint events to discuss current socio-political problems and work out solutions. The signing of the agreement will strengthen professional communications between representatives of the expert community of Russia and African countries and will help to develop cooperation when conducting independent research on the African continent and drafting strategies and proposals based on traditional values and the needs of the population.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

EFKO and United Oil Processing and Packaging

The parties are signing an agreement of intent on business development in North Africa.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

"Rosgeo" JSC and River Nile State of the Republic of the Sudan

The parties are signing a memorandum of understanding on joint cooperation in such priority areas as systematization and optimization of the geological database of the mineral potential of the Nile Province, geological monitoring of the environment, a compilation of models of ore fields and organization of control over the extraction of mineral resources.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

The Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and Africa Gold

Signing of letter of intent to Invest in gold Exploration and Extraction in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

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Press briefing

“Goznak” JSC briefing: Technologies of trust for identification and currency circulation

The briefing is dedicated to new technologies for creating systems of reliable identification of citizens and ensuring an economic security of the state due to safe money circulation.
New technologies and solutions will be presented taking into account the experience of Goznak in the countries of the African continent.

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Roundtable

Open-talk: traverser le désert

The Business Priority project will feature an open talk concerning the development of end-to-end technologies in such areas as water supply, water treatment, and alternative sources of fresh water. Representatives of high-tech companies will talk about the industry’s development and the methods used for water extraction and the treatment of water facilities, will analyse the main barriers, and share experience and tips for making a technological breakthrough based on existing technologies.

Agreement Signing Ceremony

New Cloud Technologies LLC and Democratic Republic of the Congo

The parties are signing an agreement on cooperation in the export of Russian software.
A Q&A session will follow the signing ceremony.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini

The parties are signing an agreement on mutual protection of the Results of the Intellectual Activity and Intellectual Property protection in the course of bilateral Military-Technical Cooperation.

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

PhosAgro PJSC and Kropz PLC.

Signing a memorandum of understanding.

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Press conference

Summing up the results of the Russia-Africa Economic Forum

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Agreement Signing Ceremony

The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda

The parties are signing an agreement on cooperation in the construction of the center of nuclear science and technology on the territory of the Republic of Rwanda.

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Statement

Statement by V. Putin and A. Sisi for media

Statement

Press statement on cooperation between Russia and Zambia

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