The road ahead for Africa’s vaccine manufacturing sector

The road ahead for Africa’s vaccine manufacturing sector.

16 FEBRUARY 2024 – There’s a lot of interest in building Africa’s vaccine manufacturing sector. But how can it be sustained?
Partnerships have been key in producing the first messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine in Africa and getting the vaccine approved and into people’s arms will require a similar effort.

In January, the first mRNA technology transfer hub in South Africa successfully produced an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. It was able to replicate Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine without the company’s assistance, by using publicly available information and support from international organizations and researchers in South Africa and from different parts of the globe.