Gates Foundation donating 40 million dollars to develop mRNA vaccines in Africa

Bill Gates during a visit to the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal (AP/PA)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are investing 40 million dollars (£33 million) to help several African manufacturers produce new messenger RNA vaccines.

People on the continent were last in line to receive jabs during the Covid-19 pandemic, the foundation said on Monday.