BioNTech kicks off ambitious vaccine manufacturing initiative in Africa

BioNTech has begun to deliver on its promise to bring an end-to-end mRNA vaccine manufacturing network to Africa—and is doing it up right.

In a lavish ceremony hosted by BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin and including presidents of three African nations, dignitaries from Europe and World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the company broke ground on a site in Kigali, Rwanda, from where it will launch the ambitious effort.