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Russia–Africa Forum to Present Stands of Leading Companies and Educational Organizations

The Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum will start on 27 July. In addition to panel discussions, participants will be invited to explore exhibition stands prepared by businesses and leading government, educational and consulting organizations especially for the Forum.

In total, there will be over 50 exhibition stands with a variety of materials and activities. For example, the stand of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation will present an exhibition on the fight against colonialism. The stand of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation will be dedicated to mass sports and the Sport as a Way of Life programme and will host presentations and sports events of the Ministry. The Ministry of Agriculture, the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor) and Rospotrebnadzor will have separate stands. The exhibition programme will include stands of the Republic of Tatarstan, Tver Region, Saratov Region, Volgograd Region and other Russian regions.

More than 25 companies from various sectors of the Russian industry will take part in the exhibition. The stand of the Russian Railways will demonstrate the entire list of projects and services that can be implemented in foreign countries under various terms of cooperation. With the help of an interactive touch panel, Forum participants will be able to learn more about the company’s performance, its operations abroad, key projects and technologies. There will also be a map of Russian Railways’ infrastructure and logistics projects. The stand of OMK will feature three curved multimedia screens with 3D graphics. Each screen reflects different climatic conditions, with the leitmotif being a pipeline that will work reliably in the desert and in the Arctic. 

Novatek’s stand is a mock-up of a natural gas liquefaction plant module (LNG) on gravity-type bases of the Arctic LNG 2 project. The stand is designed to demonstrate the company’s technological capabilities for the implementation of large-scale projects to produce liquefied natural gas. Gazprombank’s stand will feature several zones dedicated to the bank’s key industrial assets whose products can contribute to the stable development of African countries’ economy. An important component of the stand will be large media screens that will demonstrate the role of the financial organization in the current and future development of the African economy.

The Russian Export Center is planning to organize a business mission of Russian export companies on the sidelines of the Forum. B2B meetings with potential partners from African countries will be set for the participants. The business meetings will be held in the business networking area located in Pavilion G in proximity to the stands of African countries.

A stand of the Roscongress Foundation’s project Innovation Space is also planned as part of the exhibition. The venue will be conditionally divided into three thematic zones: a lecture hall, an IT cluster, universities, and an exhibition of innovative companies. In the lecture hall, executives of leading companies, government officials and experts will talk about trends in cybersecurity and digitalization of the economy. The IT cluster, in its turn, will unite well-known Russian IT companies with leading positions in the global market. The exhibition part of the Innovation Space will present the scientific and technological potential of Russian universities and start-ups.

The stand of Innopraktika and the Higher School of Economics will present the programme entitled ‘Transfer of Competences in Digitalization of Public Administration’ and training programmes for employees of public authorities in Africa. Forum participants will be able to see the presentation of the hub for knowledge exchange in the field of digitalization of public administration using a special touch panel.

The outdoor zone will feature samples of Rostselmash and KAMAZ machinery. Rostselmash will show the NOVA 340 combine harvester, Rostselmash 2375 tractor, and RSM TS-4500 Satellite trailed sprayers. KAMAZ will exhibit the flagship KAMAZ 5490, which will demonstrate the company’s capabilities in the field of long-distance transport, the NEFAZ-5299-40-52 bus, the company’s leading model in the field of urban transport, and the KAMAZ 43118 6x6, which has proven itself in the fleets of law enforcement agencies, as well as in the transport of humanitarian cargoes under UN WFP.

The events are supported by the general partners of the Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum: Gazprom, Gazprombank, Rosatom, Uralchem, and Uralkali. Strategic Partner: Rosseti. Partners: LUKOIL, NOVATEK, and Sberbank. National Partner: AVTOVAZ. Organizational Partners: African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Russian Export Centre.

The Roscongress Foundation is the organizer of the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

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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