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23 November 2024 On November 22, 2024, African experts and representatives of the E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program for Africa discussed capacity building in e-governance at the 13th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF), hosted at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) headquarters from 20 to 22 November, 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  During the “Capacity […]

On November 18th, 2024, in Algeria, Kaspersky and AFRIPOL signed a 5-year cooperation agreement on preventing and combating cybercrime. Cybersecurity is one of the most essential challenges in African countries since cybercrimes make public services vulnerable to data leakages and disruptions. Because of the absence of comprehensive cyber governance policies and protection mechanisms, cyberattacks on […]

On November 9th, 2024, during the “Knowledge Sharing: Capacity Building in E-Governance” session, African officials and Russian experts of the E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program discussed prospects for exchange of experiences in digitalization of public administration. The session was held within the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum. The moderator Andrey Maslov elaborated on […]

The handbook “Africa 2025: Prospects and Challenges” was presented during the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum on November 9th, 2024, in Sochi. The English-language limited edition is the result of four years of fruitful work done by researchers of the HSE Center for African Studies. Africa in 2025 is expected to experience […]

On November 5th, 2024, the first Innopraktika Lecture Hall (Mediateka) was opened in Dakar, Senegal. It is located in the Cheikh Anta Diop University, the largest university in Senegal. More than 100,000 students are studying there, with 400 of them learning Russian. Among the country, Russian is taught in 50 schools by 150 teachers, and the […]