Digital Twins, Satellites, Drones: What Russia Is Offering Africa, According to Pavel Stepanov

At the 8th forum held alongside the 3rd Russia-Africa summit, Pavel Viktorovich Stepanov, deputy director general of Geoscan, outlined technological cooperation proposals for African countries. He presented digital twins and high-precision maps to help public authorities plan land use, along with university and school laboratories to train young people and keep expertise local. The tools could also help digitize fields and crops and detect plant diseases. Stepanov announced a satellite project with Tanzania and described applications for cultural heritage and tourism, as well as drone shows already held in the Seychelles, Eswatini and Tanzania.