At a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Dakar, the President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellence Macky Sall, European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton and representatives of Germany, France, Belgium, the European Investment Bank and other development finance institutions, including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), confirmed details of Team Europe support to accelerate project preparation, expand manufacturing capacities and undertake technical feasibility work to support vaccine production by the Institut Pasteur in Dakar. These will be crucial to unlock large-scale investment in the new plant. The new plant will be built over the next 18 months and will equip the African continent with a state-of-the-art facility for the production of authorised COVID-19 vaccines.
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