Masisi’s multi-billionaire vaccine connection vows to deliver :: Mmegi Online

President Mokgweetsi Masisi is ending his year on a high note after recently securing commitments from a Los Angeles-based multibillionaire for fast-tracking development of vaccine production in Botswana. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI reports

Patrick Soon-Shiong, a South African-born multibillionaire based in the US, is vowing to move quickly beyond the agreement he signed recently with Botswana and speedily establish vaccine manufacturing in the country.

While well-meaning Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) have been signed before with little ground or progress made after that, Soon-Shiong has said he intends to have a manufacturing facility operational at the Botswana Digital and Innovation Hub’s Icon Building by 2026. The facility will produce vaccines for COVID-19, cancer as well as next generation cell-based immunotherapies.

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