Sergey Voronkov: Africa is becoming a strategically important partner for the whole world

July 28, 2023, 1:53 p.m.

Sergey Voronkov, General Director of ExpoForum International, spoke about the importance of developing partnership relations with African countries in an interview at the Russia-Africa summit at St. Petersburg channel studio.

“Africa is becoming a strategically important partner for the world as it is a continent of one and a half billion people. When we talk about the new macro markets that are emerging, for some reason we always think of China and India, but Africa, in the meantime, has a billion and a half people – it is the fastest growing region in terms of population. Even more importantly, Africa is a country that has 30% of extractable resources of almost every kind, from oil to rare earth metals,” Voronkov said.

See full interview with Sergey Voronkov here.

The Russia-Africa summit, economic and humanitarian forum has been held in EXPOFORUM from July 27 to 28. It was visited by official delegations from 48 African States.

Sergey Voronkov: Africa is becoming a strategically important partner for the whole world

July 28, 2023, 1:53 p.m.

“Africa is becoming a strategically important partner for the world as it is a continent of one and a half billion people. When we talk about the new macro markets that are emerging, for some reason we always think of China and India, but Africa, in the meantime, has a billion and a half people – it is the fastest growing region in terms of population. Even more importantly, Africa is a country that has 30% of extractable resources of almost every kind, from oil to rare earth metals,” Voronkov said.

See full interview with Sergey Voronkov here.

The Russia-Africa summit, economic and humanitarian forum has been held in EXPOFORUM from July 27 to 28. It was visited by official delegations from 48 African States.