Africa’s long road to attracting vaccine FDI

Africa’s long road to attracting vaccine FDI.

AUGUST 2023 – The Covid-19 pandemic was a loud wake-up call for the African continent.

The likes of Pfizer and Moderna were able to develop effective vaccines relatively quickly, but African countries languished behind the rest of the world in securing access to them.

Their struggle set in motion local and regional efforts to develop local value chains of vaccines and other key pharmaceuticals.