On 30 July 2024, Andrey Maslov, Director of the Centre for African Studies at the HSE University, and Deputy Director Vsevolod Sviridov, held a meeting with Tafara Matekaire, who is the Secretary of the Office of the President and Cabinet e-Government Technology Unit of the Administration of the Zimbabwean President.
Tafara Matekaire highly appreciated the results of the Winter E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Week, held in December 2023 at the HSE in Moscow. The project was launched within the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program.
Mr. Matekaire expressed hope for the continuation of the Program and assured that the Zimbabwean official would be glad to take part in it further.
Among the topics for discussion were cooperation in the field of AI and big data processing (including biometrics), as well as improving electronic systems for monitoring the performance of civil servants and expanding access to mobile communications.