Q&A with Frannie Léautier, CEO, SouthBridge Investments Interview by Alison Buckholtz with the International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group Frannie Léautier is CEO of SouthBridge Investments, a pan-African investment bank. As an engineer, an academic, and an expert on international finance and development, she has
ACCESS TO MEDICINE FOUNDATION REPORT New analysis: Just 7% of pharmaceutical companies’ R&D is for children under 12, despite significant gaps in paediatric treatment options. Out of more than a thousand R&D projects assessed in the 2021 Access to Medicine Index, only 69 are for
By Tamsin Metelerkamp with Daily Maverick (South Africa) The launch of the Nant South Africa vaccine manufacturing campus on Wednesday marks the inception of the first facility on the African continent where vaccines will be produced from scratch. The long-standing inequities in vaccine development and
ByNJOKI KIHIU with News Capital NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 20 – The Ministry of Health has announced plans to set up a vaccine manufacturing facility in Nairobi to support production of various vaccines including COVID-19 jabs. The Biovax plant at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)
By CEPI DAKAR, Senegal and OSLO, Norway; 18 January 2022: The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize the partnership between the two organizations to advance IPD’s MADIBA project, a
By Emmanuel Ntirenganya with The New Times President Paul Kagame has called upon all national parliaments to back the treaty on African Medicines Agency (AMA), which has now entered into force. The President made the observation on Wednesday, November 24, as he opened the 17th
By Hernan Saenz, Joshua Hinkel, and Tessa Bysong with Bain & Company For more than a century, businesses have honed highly efficient, linear supply chains. Raw materials flowed in one direction, were transformed into a product, used, and ultimately discarded in a waste heap. That
By IGIHE The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed Africa’s inadequate capabilities and capacity to manufacture and supply essential drugs and vaccines. Although pharmaceutical products are currently manufactured in countries like South Africa, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt, Africa currently imports more than 80 per cent of its
By Robert Ojwang’ with Kenya News Agency Kisumu County has initiated talks with Novartis – the world’s leading pharmaceutical company to promote cooperation between the two entities in boosting pharmaceuticals production and access to drugs. Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o said that the potential partnership would strengthen health
By CAROLYNE TANUI with Capital FM NAIROBI, Kenya, October 25 – Nairobi was named Africa’s Leading business travel destination during the World Travel Awards, Africa and Indian Ocean 2021 trouncing Accra, Cairo, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Lagos and Pretoria. Kenyatta International Convention Centre also bagged
