With the blessing of Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov), DECR Secretary for Inter–Christian Relations, moderated a section of the Economic and Humanitarian Forum within the framework of the III Russia-Africa Summit on October 29, 2026, on the theme "Russia and Africa: Spiritual sovereignty, traditional Values and educational interaction."
The event took place at the Gostiny Dvor Exhibition Center. 
The section was attended as speakers by: E.V. Eremin, Head of the Department for Interaction with Religious Organizations of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Internal Policy; M.M. Melekh, Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for International cooperation in ensuring the right to freedom of religion; Patriarchal Exarch of Africa Metropolitan Konstantin of Cairo and North Africa; Head of the Spiritual Russian Muslim Assemblies Mufti Albir Krganov; Director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences K.V. Babayev and President of the Christian World Union A.A. Cherkezov.
Among the participants of the event were Bishop Euthymius of Lukhovitsk, participants of the forum from the countries of the African continent, representatives of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, Russian and foreign public organizations. 
During the discussion, issues of interreligious and humanitarian cooperation between Russia and African states, educational and social projects were discussed.