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Biontech To Soon Start Mrna Vaccine Factory Construction in Rwanda

COVID-19 vaccine maker, BioNTech said construction of an mRNA vaccine factory to enable African nations to jump-start their own manufacturing network would start on June 23 in Rwanda. The groundbreaking.

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Indian vaccine giant Serum plans African plant in global expansion

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, is considering setting up its first manufacturing plant in Africa as it looks to expand globally after its success.

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New Development Philosophy Benefits Africa

The new development philosophy, featuring innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, put forward by President Xi Jinping in 2015, is a key component of Xi Jinping’s thought on the.

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ECOWAS and AfDB Sign $3.56m Grant to Boost Pharmaceutical Industry in West Africa

By: Fumnaya Ijeh The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Wednesday, signed an agreement with the African Development Bank, AfDB to boost the pharmaceutical industry in West Africa.

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Africa Needs $784bn Yearly to Defeat Poverty

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, has lamented the African continent’s dwindling economic fortunes, which he said had declined in its Gross Domestic Product by.

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Dangote’s World Largest Refinery Spells a New Era for Africa

A giant new oil refinery in Nigeria is set to transform Africa’s largest crude producer into an exporter of refined oil. The $19 billion refinery complex, built by Dangote Industries includes.

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Akinwumi Adesina: Face of a positive Nigeria, setting new agenda for African Development

By Wole Oyebade and Femi Adekoya It was a sombre afternoon, early 2020 when the bad news wafted across the globe. The world battling its worst pandemic in 100 years was.

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Nigeria, 10 other countries removed from the UK’s red list

All 11 countries will be removed from the UK’s red list from 4 am Wednesday 15 December as Omicron becomes the dominant strain around the world. Pre-departure tests and PCR.

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Omicron Travel Bans: Is Africa Being Punished for Excellent Science?

By Walcott Aganu Race-based segregation was implemented across Africa during the colonial era to keep “white” administrators separate from Africans who were thought to be “carriers” of diseases like plague,.

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Why Corona Virus Vaccine Apathy Still Exists

The clinic is four minutes from my house – at least that was what Google maps said. Turn a right, another right, then a left and it’s on the right.

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