South Africa Urges Agencies To Buy Africa-Made Covid Jabs

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged international organisations and donor agencies to buy Covid vaccines from African manufacturers. <br />President Ramaphosa says this would ensure the developing capabilities on the continent are retained. <br />He says international agencies that have had a lot of money donated to them for purchasing and procuring vaccines for developing-economy countries are not buying vaccines from African vaccine manufacturers, even for those vaccines that are destined for African countries. <br />Mr Ramaphosa says his country was still advocating for an intellectual property waiver to improve global access to vaccines.