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Africa Industrialization Day: Russian Perspective on Mutually Beneficial Partnerships

© Sputnik . Anastasia Petrova / Go to the mediabankIrina Abramova, Director of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, takes part in a press conference at the International Multimedia Press Center of the Rossiya Segodnya Media Group in Moscow.
Irina Abramova, Director of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences, takes part in a press conference at the International Multimedia Press Center of the Rossiya Segodnya Media Group in Moscow. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 20.11.2024
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Africa Industrialization Day is a yearly event that the UN General Assembly established to showcase the global commitment to fostering the continent's economic growth through industrialization.
Irina Abramova, Director of the Institute for African Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, spoke to Sputnik Africa during a press conference about how Russia can contribute to successful industrialization on the continent.
Abramova acknowledged that "industrialization does not happen by itself." She emphasized the need for a strategic approach, drawing parallels to the Soviet Union's territorial production complexes, which integrated resource availability, infrastructure, and skilled labor.
Closing ceremony of the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.11.2024
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Abramova suggested collaborative industrial projects between Russia and Africa, leveraging resources and building large-scale energy infrastructure, including nuclear power plants, to address energy deficits.
"There are [...] countries where, for example, the construction of a nuclear power plant could provide electricity to several neighboring countries at once," she concluded.
The Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences is the leading academic research institution in Russia for African studies and one of the most prestigious international organizations in this field. It was established in October 1959, just before the end of the colonial era.
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