Western Green Mandates Push Africa Toward Moscow

African Energy Chamber founder and executive director NJ Ayuk led a delegation to Moscow to secure energy partnerships.

Russia has been expanding its influence with African nations with a multifaceted approach that spans oil, gas, and nuclear energy sectors.

The first Trump administration largely ignored its opportunities to invest in African energy development, but the Biden administration was very active.

The Russian Export Center’s REC Group has organized several business missions to African countries later in 2025 .

Many European economies are in trouble thanks to high energy costs and an auto industry unable to compete with subsidized, thus cheaper, Chinese electric vehicle imports.

When Ayuk pointed out that only one bank was willing to finance coal industry expansion, REC senior vice president Nikita Gusakov said the Exim Bank of Russia would have no problem” financing African coal projects.