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Ramaphosa urges businesses to contribute financially to vaccine Africa’s rollout

The African MirrorJanuary 28, 20211 Min Read

African Union Chair and President of South Africa His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the opening session of the AU and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) virtual conference on Africa's Leadership role in COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access. Photo: GCIS

AFRICAN Union (AU) Chair Cyril Ramaphosa has called on African companies and foreign companies that do business in Africa to contribute financially to the continent’s efforts to roll out COVID-19 vaccines.

Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, added during an AU webinar that telecoms firm MTN had offered to donate $25 million to the vaccine programme of the AU’s disease control body to immunise healthcare workers.

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