Nikolai Golovko

On 1–2 July 2026, a series of expert consultations under the name «Africa Regional Consultation on the Implementation of WSIS+20 Outcomes: Operationalizing WSIS+20 and GDC» took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Leading Expert of the HSE Center for African Studies Nikolay Golovko and Research Assistant Arkady Tsvetkov took part in two consultation sessions within the e-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program.

A series of events aimed at strengthening Russia–Tanzania cooperation in the fields of digitalization, education, expert exchange, and investment collaboration has concluded in Tanzania. Experts of the HSE Center for African Studies participated in the event, providing expert support for international dialogue.

On February 25, 2026, the University of Nairobi, Kenya hold an opening ceremony of the Africa Centre for the Study of Russia (ACSOR). Expert Nikolai Golovko took part in the event online.

On October 31, 2025, a workshop titled «Techno-Colonialism: Decolonizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) for African Identity» was held at Makerere University in Uganda. Nikolai Golovko, expert at the HSE Center for African Studies, participated in the event online.

The delegation of the Center for African Studies exchanged copies of the cooperation agreement between the HSE University and Makerere University of the Republic of Uganda.