A major platform for meetings between representatives
of Russian and African business will function on the sidelines of the RussiaAfrica
Economic Forum on 2324 October. The business matching event, which is being
initiated by the
Roscongress Foundation, the Russian Export Center (REC) and Afreximbank, will be held at the
Main Media Centre of Sochi Olympic Park as part of the Forums business
programme. Businessmen will be able to register for the event using a special
online platform in their personal web office.
«The integration of this
special business matching event into the business programme of the RussiaAfrica
Forum is our response to the high level of mutual interest expressed by the
Russian and African sides in finding opportunities to implement joint projects.
Joining forces with our long-standing partner Afreximbank we will provide
business participants with a universal tool for making connections, scheduling
meetings, and further discussing opportunities for cooperation. Africa is
extremely promising and, according to our forecasts, the volume of trade
between Russia and Africa will double in the next three years,» Russian Export Centre General Director Andrey
Slepnev said.
In
addition, the REC Group plans to sign a number of cooperation agreements with
Russian clients and interested African counterparties at the Forum. The
agreements will be substantial and concern a number of areas, in particular the
construction of infrastructure, energy projects, and engineering, although the
final list will only become clear on the eve of the Forum after all the
procedures for negotiating conditions and participants have been completed.
«More
and more companies are taking a look at the markets of African countries in the
context of developing their own foreign trade activities. And we, the REC
group, as
a State-owned development institute to support of the non-commodity exports
industry are ready to utilize all possible
financial and non-financial measures of support to promote export and implement
joint projects. This all suggests that we are becoming agents of economic
diplomacy on the African continent by expanding exports and opening up the
African market for Russian goods,» Adviser to the President of the Russian
Federation Anton Kobyakov said.
The
RussiaAfrica Summit and Economic Forum will take place on 2324 October 2019
on the territory of Sochi Olympic Park. The business programme events will
bring together more than 3,000 business representatives from Russia and Africa.
The Roscongress Foundation, Russian Export Centre and Afreximbank
are co-organizing the Forum.
The expanded version of the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum programme is
available here.