Scholarships for Africans in Russia grow by 150%
The number of African students benefiting from scholarships to study in Russian universities has grown by 150% in the past three years.
The number of African students benefiting from scholarships to study in Russian universities has grown by 150% in the past three years.
An upcoming high level Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg in late July is expected to serve as an opportunity to strike deals with African governments.
Georgia has been an unlikely beneficiary of African and some Asian students who fled Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion in 2022.
Russia will start teaching three major African languages in four schools in Moscow this year, as the country seeks to deepen ties with the continent.
The numbers of international students enrolling at Russian universities has increased overall by 26,000 in the last three years, officials have claimed.
One year on from the invasion of Ukraine, The PIE looks at how the education sector responded to the war and the consequences for students and academics.
Russia is continuing to appeal to African students through social media-driven recruitment campaigns, despite the recent death of a Zambian student fighting in its ranks against Ukraine.
A Tanzanian student is confirmed to have died in October fighting for Russia during the war in Ukraine, Tanzania's foreign affairs minister has confirmed.