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SA–Russia Trade Week 2026

Behind the doors of South Africa's most significant Russian business mission. Four Seasons Westcliff & Sandton Hotel, Johannesburg.

Date 9–11 June 2026
Location Johannesburg, ZA
Companies 4 Cohort Members
Photos 21 Official Frames
Featured Moments
Jersey exchange ceremony — Tumelo Ramaphosa receives personalised jersey at Trade Week 2026
A personalised jersey bearing Tumelo's name — a symbol of partnership sealed at Trade Week 2026.
Tumelo Ramaphosa presenting at Trade Week 2026 — Studex Global Markets
Tumelo Ramaphosa — Studex Global Markets — presenting the Aesthetics Agent Cloud ecosystem to the cohort.
Delegate at conference table — Four Seasons Westcliff, Trade Week 2026
Opening session at the Four Seasons Westcliff. Delegates gathered for the first private working group of Trade Week 2026.
Delegates at table — Tumelo Ramaphosa and Russian partners, Trade Week 2026
Cross-border dialogue in action. Tumelo Ramaphosa with Russian mission delegates at the working group table.
ART Engineering delegate at Trade Week 2026 with company flags
Partner company flags mark the table. The SA–Russia business corridor takes physical form.
Tumelo Ramaphosa presenting with GRM laptop sticker at Trade Week
Tumelo Ramaphosa at the helm — walking the cohort through the Studex ecosystem architecture.
Wide conference room shot — Trade Week 2026 working group, Johannesburg
The full working group assembled. A historic room — where four sector-defining companies committed to Africa.
Tumelo Ramaphosa in discussion with delegate at Trade Week
Deep in discussion. The strategy behind every partnership was built conversation by conversation.
Russian delegate presenting materials to seated delegates
Materials exchanged, proposals reviewed. The working group moved from introduction to commitment.
Tumelo Ramaphosa presenting with GRM beanie
Tumelo Ramaphosa — bringing a decade of AI development to the Trade Week stage.
Tumelo Ramaphosa gesturing during presentation
The vision articulated. Studex Global Markets as the intelligent infrastructure for African market entry.
Working group session — three delegates reviewing materials at table
Partners leaning in. Every detail of the ecosystem reviewed, questioned, and agreed.
Four delegates seated at conference table watching presentation
Four companies. One vision. The first cohort of the Studex Global Markets ecosystem takes shape.
Three delegates working together at conference table
Collaboration across borders. The founding cohort works through the details of their shared platform.
Russian delegate speaking to the room at Trade Week
A partner company representative addresses the room on their South African expansion ambition.
Young Russian delegate attentively listening at conference table
The next generation of cross-border business leadership, present in the room.
Senior Russian delegate at conference table writing notes
Notes taken, commitments recorded. The outcomes of Trade Week 2026 are already in motion.
Natalia Mordvinova — AfricaBiz Founder and Director — at Trade Week 2026
Natalia Mordvinova — Founder & Director, AfricaBiz (Pty) Ltd — the architect of the SA–Russia corridor at Trade Week 2026.
Three delegates in discussion — Trade Week 2026
Deals are made in the detail. Three delegates work through the specifics of partnership terms.
Key Point Group delegate with MacBook at Four Seasons conference
Trade Week brought together attendees spanning multiple industries and geographies.
Two delegates with laptops at Four Seasons Westcliff conference table
Working in parallel. The Studex ecosystem runs as much on technology as it does on human connection.