Tanzania is planning to build its own vaccine manufacturing facilities as part of a larger strategy to combat Covid and other diseases.
According to a statement from the statehouse, President Samia Suluhu Hassan stated that the country aims to export vaccines to east and southern African countries.
She predicted that Tanzania would spend approximately $100 million (£70 million) on vaccine imports by 2030, necessitating the establishment of indigenous capacity.
The president, who was in Brussels to meet with President of the European Union Council Charles Michel, said she was making an application for funding to help the project succeed.
Her predecessor, John Magufuli, a notable coronavirus skeptic who died last year of heart problems, had a different concept for a vaccine facility.
BBC