It's not about "redoing the same economic scheme" that existed within Western countries, but about ensuring that raw materials contribute to the development of the economies of African countries, Fofonin Appolinaire Houegbeadan stressed.
According to him, Russian technologies are expected in other areas, including:
Wastewater treatment, which the country could reuse in agriculture;
Increasing the volume of production, which will require the expansion of cultivated areas;
Energy production.
The fact that Russia gives scholarships to Africans enables these students to build relationships with the Russian business community, so that the latter takes an interest in Africa and creates jobs on the continent, Houegbeadan noted.
"Russia is ready to help if you approach it and ask for it. Today, not all African countries are brave enough to do this. They want to, but they don't have the courage," he concluded to Sputnik Africa.