> NAIROBI — Russia has recruited hundreds of young Africans to its Russian
language and cultural programs across the continent over the past year as the
spearhead of a wider push by the Kremlin to use education to deepen its ties
with everyday citizens and governments. > > The courses are being offered online
as well as in person at cultural hubs — called Open Education Centers — which
are being launched at sites in more than half of the countries on the continent,
mostly in partnership with local universities. > > In Kenya, East Africa’s
largest economy, free Russian classes were first unveiled in March last year.
Russia’s ambassador to Kenya, Dmitry Maksimychev, told Semafor Africa the free
classes had driven a tenfold increase in the number of Russian language learners
in Kenya between 2018 and 2023, with 900 people having enrolled in physical and
online classes last year. One student who took part in the online classes told
Semafor Africa that each class had around 30 students, with the course running
for six months. > > Hundreds of students in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Nigeria
have signed up for these courses while Open Education Centers were launched last
year in Egypt, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Tunisia and DR Congo. And a
memorandum of understanding was signed in September to establish a center in
South Africa. Russian officials have said Moscow plans to locate its centers in
28 African countries. > > The language courses have already been “a great
success,” claimed the Russian ambassador. > > Russian President Vladimir Putin
has sought to strengthen ties with African countries in trade, security and
diplomacy in the face of efforts by Western countries to isolate it politically
and economically over the war in Ukraine. In November, it began shipments of
over 200,000 tonnes of free grain to six African countries and the presence of
private military group Wagner in some African countries, including the Central
African Republic (CAR) and Mali, have increased Russia’s presence on the
continent. > > Putin laid out plans to strengthen Russia’s relationship with the
continent through language and education during a speech at last year’s
Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg. He emphasized the role of the education
centers and announced an increase in scholarships for Africans to study in
Russia. Putin said the number of Africans benefiting from scholarships to study
in Russian universities had grown 150% in the past three years and “will exceed
4,700 students” in the 2024 academic year. > > Higher education scholarships
historically bolstered Africa’s relationships with the Soviet Union. Various
programs have enabled Africans to study in Russia on scholarships since the
1960s. read more:
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/05/2024/free-russian-classes-are-taking-off-in-africa
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