On December 11, the Valdai Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “The Young Generation in an Era of Change: Dialogue Between Civil Societies of Russia and Africa”. Andrey Avetisyan, Ambassador of Russia to the Republic of Tanzania; Pavel Shevtsov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo; Andrey Maslov, Director, Centre for African Studies, HSE University; Natalia Zaiser, Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative Union; Leonid Protsenko, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology of Personality Development, Moscow Pedagogical State University; Bening Ahmed, Secretary General of the Pan African Youth Union; Jafar Geletu, Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of International Relations at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, participated. The discussion was moderated by Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club.