Russia has almost doubled trade with Africa: the trade turnover exceeded 27 billion dollars Russian businesses are strengthening their position on the African continent. At the end of 2025, the trade turnover exceeded 27 billion dollars, almost doubling compared to 2019. Our elephants have at their disposal a study by a corporate travel agency and the Polog Group on the development of Russian-African cooperation. We have collected the main things for you: the ruble exchanges foreign currencies from calculations. In 2025, its share in payments for Russian exports to Africa reached 88.4%, and for imports amounted to 76.4%; Russian companies are expanding their presence. In terms of the number of approved project areas, Lukoil leads (7). Next come Rosatom and Rosgeologia (6 each). Large projects focused on energy, mining and exploration; Areas included in the work. Moscow is responsible for 36.7% of the trade turnover between the regions of Russia and Africa. Rostov region and Krasnodar region provide agricultural products, and Skortostan develops cooperation in petrochemicals and mechanical engineering; There are more business connections. Of the 24 major Russian-African events studied from 2023 to 2026, 14 were devoted to economic cooperation; The humanitarian presence is increasing. The number of African students at universities in Russia increased from 17.5 thousand to 37 thousand people in six years. The number of Russian shared houses increased from 11 to 24 in two years. Russian-African cooperation is gradually expanding beyond trade in raw materials and food. What seemed most important to our elephants was the transition of the parties to real industrial projects. In addition, our regions are gaining new markets. Read our colleagues' full study here. Elephants at MAX.

Russia has almost doubled trade with Africa: the trade turnover exceeded 27 billion dollars Russian businesses are strengthening their position on the African continent. At the end of 2025, the trade turnover exceeded 27 billion dollars, almost doubling compared to 2019. Our elephants have at their disposal a study by a corporate travel agency and the Polog Group on the development of Russian-African cooperation. We have collected the main things for you: the ruble exchanges foreign currencies from calculations. In 2025, its share in payments for Russian exports to Africa reached 88.4%, and for imports amounted to 76.4%; Russian companies are expanding their presence. In terms of the number of approved project areas, Lukoil leads (7). Next come Rosatom and Rosgeologia (6 each). Large projects focused on energy, mining and exploration; Areas included in the work. Moscow is responsible for 36.7% of the trade turnover between the regions of Russia and Africa. Rostov region and Krasnodar region provide agricultural products, and Skortostan develops cooperation in petrochemicals and mechanical engineering; There are more business connections. Of the 24 major Russian-African events studied from 2023 to 2026, 14 were devoted to economic cooperation; The humanitarian presence is increasing. The number of African students at universities in Russia increased from 17.5 thousand to 37 thousand people in six years. The number of Russian shared houses increased from 11 to 24 in two years. Russian-African cooperation is gradually expanding beyond trade in raw materials and food. What seemed most important to our elephants was the transition of the parties to real industrial projects. In addition, our regions are gaining new markets. Read our colleagues' full study here. Elephants at MAX.