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Second Summit
Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

SME Cooperation

NEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

THE SME COOPERATION B2B SERVICE is a project implemented by the Roscongress Foundation with the aim of supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. It operates on the principle of a two-way initiative, allowing everyone to participate as both customer and supplier of goods, services, technologies and even business and property rights.

The service is free of charge and available to all users of a Roscongress personal account.

What are the benefits of the service?
1. Convenient format

A networking platform register is formed through cooperation between suppliers 
and customers, and is continuously updated with the latest data. 

The register serves as an online shop window, providing a convenient search function for essential goods, services, suppliers, contractors, investors, and more.

2. Foreign business contacts

The SME networking platform not only offers unique goods and services sold in Russia's remote regions but also provides an opportunity to establish cooperation with foreign companies.

3. Speed of getting into direct contact with decision-makers

Thanks to the well-established delegate-management mechanisms 
of the Roscongress Foundation team, participants of the SME networking platformcan engage in negotiations 
at the Roscongress Foundation venues in 
a seamless "here and now" format, reducing the time and effort required to organize a meeting.


How can I become a member of the service?

1. You can apply in a Roscongress personal account (the "SME Cooperation" tab) by filling in the participant's card according to the following pattern:

  • general information about the company;
  • information on the company’s goods, services and projects;
  • information on the demand for the company’s goods, services, and suppliers, the preparedness/willingness to enter new markets, etc.

The more information you provide about your offer and your needs, the higher your chances of finding customers, suppliers, and new sales channels. It will also boost your opportunities to offer your services, giving you a better chance to expand your business and strengthen your position in the market.

2. After entering your goods/services information, you can get acquainted with the goods/services cards already created and the goods/services needs of other companies.

3. The Goods and services information section provides company registers by category (non-food goods/food/services) based on the generated goods and services cards. 

With their help, you will be able to:

  • find the items you need by using the sorting function, and exchange contacts;
  • communicate directly with decision-makers;
  • schedule significant meetings at the Forum venue and discuss details of cooperation in the comfort of the business lounges.

“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