Côte d’Ivoire is preparing to host the 34th edition of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) 2024 soccer tournament, proving the country’s ability to organize major sporting events such as the African Basketball Championship, the Taekwondo World Cup in 2013 and the Jeux de la Francophonie in 2017.
In just a few years, healthcare systems in Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa in particular, have undergone major transformations, with double-digit growth set to continue over the coming decades. The major issues at stake, on which tomorrow’s demographic, health and geopolitical balances depend, now place Africa at the heart of global changes in terms of food, health and the environment, explaining this ongoing investment policy. Let’s take a look at these economic prospects, boosting healthcare policy across the African continent.
This mRNA vaccine production facility, built from recycled shipping containers, should eventually employ around 100 people, on a 35,000 square meter site. This is Africa’s second mRNA vaccine plant, following an initial partnership in South Africa between biotech companies Afrigen and Biovac, supported by the WHO and the South African Medical Research Council.