Rwanda will start production of vaccines in two years. According to the Ministry of Health, the construction of the vaccine production plant will start in June, this year. It is expected to produce at least 50 million vaccine doses annually. The period for local production of mRNA-based vaccines was announced...

With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral initiative to provide equal access to vaccines for all reached the one billion milestone....

Rwanda has signed an agreement with the German group BioNTech to host Africa's first mRNA-based vaccine manufacturing facility, alongside Senegal that will eventually have its own production unit.  By Ange Iliza, in Kigali The installation by the German group BioNTech of COVID-19 vaccine production units in Africa, which was announced...

The U.S drug maker, Moderna, is set to build a Covid vaccine manufacturing plantin Africa to help in the fight of vaccine inequality. The move comes after severalmonths Pfizer and BioNTech reached an agreement with a South African companyto start producing their Covid-19 vaccine for distribution in Africa....

African countries are stepping up initiatives to produce vaccines locally, amid the COVID-19 threat. These efforts are aimed at strengthening the continent's "health sovereignty" and are starting to yield results.  By Farai Diza  As 26 Africans die every hour from complications related to COVID-19, the continent continues to lack vaccines...

The first dose of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, manufactured in Morocco by the company Sothema, will see the day in December 2021. Morocco aims at a monthly production capacity of 5 million doses of vaccine....

German laboratory BioNTech has announced that it is targeting the installation "next year" of messenger RNA vaccine production sites in Africa, including Senegal and Rwanda. The company is "evaluating" the possible installation of factories in these two countries to "support the supply of vaccines to the member countries of the...

"The ability to manufacture vaccines, medicines and other health-related products will help put Africa on the path to self-determination," South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at the launch of the WHO-backed consortium to establish the first technology transfer center for Covid-19 mRNA vaccines.The center will enable manufacturers in developing countries...

Governments are being asked to fund a new $50 billion roadmap to end the Covid-19 pandemic and drive rapid recovery. The roadmap was announced Tuesday by the heads of the world's leading financing, health and trade agencies....

"The lack of vaccines increases the risk of resurgence of Covid-19," warned the World Health Organization (WHO), noting that the African continent now accounts for only "1% of doses of vaccine administered worldwide, against 2% a few weeks ago....