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Leaders have promised contribute more than $1.2bn to an African vaccine manufacturing programme (Photo: Global Panorama)

Macron heralds 'essential' Africa vaccine-production programme

French president Emmanuel Macron has heralded an EU-financed programme to drive vaccine production in Africa as “an essential step towards a genuine African vaccine market,” at a pledging summit in Paris on Thursday (20 June). 

The EU, led by Germany (which will contribute $318m), with a furthe...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Leaders have promised contribute more than $1.2bn to an African vaccine manufacturing programme (Photo: Global Panorama)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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