African countries to pay $3/$10 per COVID-19 vaccine dose under AU plan

*Nigeria requires about $283m to obtain 42m doses
By Sola Ogundipe with Agency report
African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and provided to Reuters.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, will be required to pay roughly $283 million if it takes its full allocation of 42 million d