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Africa's First Fully Integrated Vaccine Plant

Sector: Manufacturing (Industrial) • Location: South Africa

Source: Business Insider Africa

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South Africa has secured a Europe-backed $90 million deal to build Africa’s first fully integrated end-to-end vaccine manufacturing plant. The facility will initially produce oral cholera vaccines and later expand to polio, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines. The plant is expected to produce up to 40 million doses annually and create over 7,000 jobs, supporting Africa's goal to produce 60% of its

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Prospective
Sector
Manufacturing (Industrial)
Location
South Africa
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Business Insider Africa

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The project “Africa's First Fully Integrated Vaccine Plant” is an infrastructure initiative in the Manufacturing (Industrial) sector, located in South Africa. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Business Insider Africa.

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South Africa has secured a Europe-backed $90 million deal to build Africa’s first fully integrated end-to-end vaccine manufacturing plant. The facility will initially produce oral cholera vaccines and later expand to polio, pneumonia, and meningitis vaccines. The plant is expected to produce up to 40 million doses annually and create over 7,000 jobs, supporting Africa's goal to produce 60% of its vaccine needs locally by 2040.

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South Africa

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2026-05-11

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