Throughout the months of June 2020 and July 2020, MTN campaign called on South Africans to ‘shout-out’ their local Covid-19 heroes using #WeGoodTogether on social media. The mobile communications network giant recently announced that they would be donating US$25 million to support the African Union’s Covid-19 vaccination programme.
“The devastating impact of Covid-19 has been unprecedented and profound. Public and private partnerships are needed if we are to succeed in the fight against the pandemic and restore social and economic norms for our continent and our communities,” said the President and CEO of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita.
MTN said the donation would help secure up to seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which would in turn contribute to the vaccination initiative of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
“Our goal is to ensure that all those who need the Covid-19 vaccine have access to it very quickly, but the biggest hurdle in Africa has been financing of the vaccines, and the logistics of vaccinating at scale. We therefore welcome the right partnerships, like the one with MTN, to achieve our minimum 60% vaccination target,” said the Director of Africa CDC, Dr John Nkengasong.
