A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Benedict Okey Oramah

Benedict Okey Oramah

President, Chairman of the Board of Directors, African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank)
Quotes
15.06.2023
SPIEF 2023
Ensuring Global Food Security in the Current Environment
When the UN initiated the Black Sea Grain Initiative, food prices fell slightly last year, and [prices held] over the course of several months. But this didn’t solve the problem. And now in East Africa prices are constantly skyrocketing, sometimes by as much as 30%. And even in West Africa, there are jumps in food prices of up to 67%. There is not a single politician who could cope with this
15.06.2023
SPIEF 2023
Ensuring Global Food Security in the Current Environment
There are no sanctions against us, but nevertheless it is very difficult for us to find the right logistics routes to move goods from Russia to our countries. It is extremely difficult to pay for insurance. It is extremely difficult to make payments, so ultimately there are no actual sanctions against us, but we end up not having access to these goods
23.10.2019
Russia- Africa Economic Forum 2019
Russia and Africa: Uncovering the Potential for Cooperation
Information portals for Africa and Russia must be created so that it becomes clear what is going on and what is being developed. That is why we are creating a special structure, as lack of information heightens the risks
23.10.2019
Russia- Africa Economic Forum 2019
Collaboration in Industry: Potential Areas of Growth
Our strategy is to diversify the African continent so that it receives investments from a variety of sources, including Russia. We view Russia as one of the main suppliers of these investments. We need experience in agriculture and the raw materials industries
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Russia–Africa
The task is to develop communication between those who trade in Russia and in Africa and raise the awareness of the possibilities that exist in the African continent
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Russia–Africa
Many Russian companies are not aware of the opportunities in Africa today. They do not know that the African market can be promising for Russian goods. It is a market that needs Russia
07.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Russia–Africa
The Soviet Union played a very important role in the African emancipation. It supported the liberation movement and thus made African political independence possible. <…> Today, I am excited to see that during the past few years the Russian government has made a conscious decision to renew close ties with Africa. We already see the results. Russian-African trade is constantly growing by 1–4%. Even in 2017–2018, we saw a nearly USD 20 billion growth. It shows potential. Additionally, Russia made a decision to join Afreximbank