August 10, 2021

BOSS Revolution Partners with Columbus Crew Captain Jonathan Mensah

NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), a global provider of communications and payment services, today announced a partnership with professional soccer player Jonathan Mensah. Jonathan is a renowned defender and team captain for Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Columbus Crew. He has twice represented Ghana on its national team in the World Cup and is a beloved figure in the sport.

Through the partnership, Jonathan will support IDT’s BOSS Revolution brand — including its international money transfer, voice calling and mobile top-up services — as spokesperson and ambassador in its advertising campaigns. He will be featured across broadcast, print, and digital media, and will endorse BOSS Revolution across his digital fanbase.

Because of his personal experiences as both an immigrant to the United States from Ghana and as a long-time BOSS Revolution customer, Jonathan is ideally suited to connect with members of immigrant communities throughout the U.S. including those from Africa and those who share his love of soccer.

“I’m proud to use my voice to help spread awareness of BOSS Revolution,” Jonathan Mensah said. “Like many others, my family remains connected thanks to BOSS Revolution. My family and I trust BOSS Revolution’s voice calling, money transfer and mobile-top up services to help us stay close across borders and oceans, no matter where we are.”

Jonathan’s path to the Columbus Crew highlights the opportunities the United States offers immigrants from all over the globe. Jonathan grew up in Accra, Ghana and learned to play soccer on sand fields while his father worked in the mines. He dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player and played for teams all around the world before joining the Columbus Crew in 2017.

“We are proud to welcome Jonathan to the BOSS Revolution family. His selection as the Crew’s captain and his charitable work helping underprivileged youth in his native Ghana speak to his outstanding character and concern for others,” said Shmuel Jonas, CEO of IDT. “Jonathan’s personal story is uniquely powerful, but it has much in common with other immigrants to the U.S. including their dedication, hard work and desire to attain a better life here while staying close to family and friends back home.”

“Our flagship BOSS Revolution offerings primarily serve immigrant communities,” Mr. Jonas added. “Jonathan’s personal experience using BOSS Revolution to stay in touch with his family enables him to speak from the heart about the value of our services to immigrant families.”

About IDT Corporation:

IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT) is a global provider of fintech, cloud communications and traditional communications services. We make it easier for families to connect, support and share across international borders. We also enable businesses to transact and communicate with their customers with enhanced intelligence and insight.

Our BOSS Revolution branded money transfer, mobile top-up and international calling services make sending money and speaking with friends and family around the world convenient and reliable. National Retail Solutions’ (NRS) point-of-sale retail network enables independent retailers to operate and process transactions more effectively while providing advertisers and consumer marketers with unprecedented reach into underserved consumer markets. net2phone’s unified communications as a service solution provides businesses with intelligently integrated cloud communications and collaboration solutions across channels and devices. Our IDT Carrier Services and IDT Express wholesale offerings enable communications companies to provision and manage international voice and SMS services.

Contact:
Bill Ulrey
IDT Investor Relations
Phone: (973) 438-3838
E-mail: invest@idt.net

August 10, 2021

Globeleq et Absa refinancent avec succès des centrales d’énergies renouvelables sud-africaines

LONDRES et LE CAP, Afrique du Sud, 10 août 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Globeleq, l’un des principaux producteurs indépendants d’électricité en Afrique, et Absa Bank, groupe financier de premier plan dans le programme de développement des énergies renouvelables en Afrique du Sud, viennent de boucler le refinancement de la dette senior de trois des centrales d’énergies renouvelables de Globeleq. L’objectif du refinancement est d’améliorer la structure du capital des projets, ce qui permet de libérer de la valeur pour les actionnaires et de réduire le tarif de vente pour la société nationale d’électricité et donc pour les consommateurs sud-africains.

Les réductions tarifaires permettront à la société nationale d’électricité d’économiser plus d’un milliard de ZAR sur les trois actifs au cours des 12 années restantes des contrats d’achat d’électricité. Absa Bank a agi en tant qu’arrangeur principal mandaté et unique souscripteur du prêt pour un montant d’environ 5,2 milliards de ZAR.

Cette transaction est le deuxième refinancement d’actifs renouvelables dans le cadre du protocole de refinancement de l’Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) du Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). Globeleq espère refinancer à terme l’ensemble du portefeuille d’actifs que la société possède en Afrique du Sud.

Globeleq s’est engagé de manière proactive depuis juin 2020, après que l’IPPO a demandé aux propriétaires des projets renouvelables sud-africains lauréats des appels d’offres 1-3.5 d’envisager de participer à un programme de refinancement volontaire, et a dirigé le processus de refinancement au nom de tous ses actionnaires dans la centrale éolienne de 138 MW de Jeffreys Bay, et dans les centrales solaires photovoltaïques de 50 MW chacune de De Aar Solar et Droogfontein Solar.

Mike Scholey, le PDG de Globeleq, a déclaré : « Globeleq considère que cette transaction permet de stimuler le marché secondaire, lequel favorisera à son tour de nouvelles opportunités, des emplois, et contribuera au développement économique de l’Afrique du Sud. Nous espérons que d’autres IPP chercheront à faire de même et à réduire le coût de leur électricité pour Eskom. »

Outre la réduction des prix de gros de l’électricité, le refinancement permettra de débloquer des fonds pour les actionnaires, ce qui encouragera le réinvestissement dans le secteur et accélérera les distributions de fonds propres aux trois actionnaires du fonds communautaire, permettant ainsi des dépenses sur des projets durables à fort impact.

Johan Koorts, directeur du financement des ressources et des projets d’Absa, a déclaré : « La banque Absa est l’un des principaux acteurs du programme sud-africain d’énergies renouvelables depuis sa création et a organisé à ce jour le financement d’environ 3 GW de projets à travers différents appels d’offre. Cette transaction montre clairement l’engagement continu d’Absa en faveur du financement des énergies propres et de l’accélération des investissements ayant un impact durable sur les communautés que nous servons. »

Bernard Magoro, chef du bureau IPPO, a déclaré : « Nous tenons à remercier toutes les parties pour l’engagement dont elles ont fait preuve et pour la manière constructive dont elles ont abordé ce refinancement. Nous espérons que la réussite de cette opération permettra à d’autres producteurs indépendants d’avoir confiance dans le processus et les incitera à participer à cette initiative. L’IPPO est fière de participer à cette réalisation. »

À propos de Globeleq
Globeleq est un développeur, promoteur et gestionnaire leader de la production d’électricité en Afrique. La société dispose d’une capacité de production d’électricité de près de 1 500 MW, répartie sur 28 projets au Cameroun, en Côte d’Ivoire, au Kenya, au Nigeria, en Afrique du Sud et en Tanzanie. Avec 305 MW supplémentaires en cours de construction au Kenya (52MWp solaire) et en Côte d’Ivoire (253MW), et 2 000 MW de projets en cours de développement, Globeleq est engagé à long terme dans le secteur de l’électricité en Afrique. www.globeleq.com

À propos de Absa Group Limited
Absa Group Limited (« Groupe Absa ») est coté à la bourse de Johannesburg et est l’un des plus grands groupes de services financiers diversifiés d’Afrique.

Le Groupe Absa offre un ensemble intégré de produits et de services dans les domaines suivants : services bancaires aux particuliers et aux entreprises, services bancaires aux entreprises et d’investissement, gestion de patrimoine et d’investissement et assurance.

Absa est présent dans 14 pays. Le groupe détient des participations majoritaires dans des banques au Botswana, au Ghana, au Kenya, à Maurice, au Mozambique, aux Seychelles, en Afrique du Sud, en Tanzanie (Absa Bank Tanzania et National Bank of Commerce), en Ouganda et en Zambie. Il exerce également des activités d’assurance au Botswana, au Kenya, au Mozambique, en Afrique du Sud et en Zambie. Absa possède également des bureaux de représentation en Namibie et au Nigeria, ainsi que des entités de valeurs mobilières au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis.

Pour de plus amples informations sur le Groupe Absa Limited, veuillez consulter le site suivant www.absa.africa

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August 10, 2021

Globeleq And Absa Successfully Refinances South African Renewable Plants

LONDON and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and Absa Bank, a leading financier in the renewable energy programme in South Africa, have completed the senior debt refinancing of three of Globeleq’s renewable power plants. The purpose of the refinancing is to enhance the projects’ capital structures, allowing for the release of value to shareholders and the reduction of the tariff to the national utility, and ultimately consumers in South Africa.

The tariff reductions will save the national utility more than ZAR 1 billion across the three assets over the remaining 12-year term of the power purchase agreements. Absa Bank acted as the mandated lead arranger and sole underwriter of the c. ZAR 5.2 billion debt financing package.

This transaction will be the second refinancing of renewable assets under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) Refinancing Protocol. Globeleq hopes to eventually refinance the entire portfolio of assets it owns in South Africa.

Globeleq proactively engaged in June 2020 after the IPPO requested owners of the South African renewable Round 1-3.5 projects to consider participating in a voluntary refinancing programme, and led the refinancing process on behalf of all its shareholders in the 138 MW Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm, 50 MW De Aar Solar and 50 MW Droogfontein Solar plants.

Mike Scholey, Globeleq CEO said: “Globeleq sees this transaction as enabling future secondary market debt, which in turn will stimulate new opportunities, jobs and contribute to the economic development of South Africa. We hope that other IPPs will look to do the same and reduce the cost of their power to Eskom.”

Apart from reducing wholesale electricity prices, the refinancing will unlock funds for the shareholders which, in turn, will encourage re-investment in the sector as well as accelerate equity distributions to the three community trust shareholders, enabling spend on high impact sustainable ventures.

Absa’s Johan Koorts, Resource & Project Finance Principal said: “Absa Bank has been a major supporter of the South African renewable energy programme since its inception and has to date arranged financing for c. 3 gigawatts of projects across various bid windows. This transaction strongly demonstrates Absa’s ongoing commitment to the financing of clean energy and the acceleration of investments that make a sustainable impact on the communities we serve.”

Bernard Magoro, Head of the IPP Office said: “We wish to thank all parties for the commitment shown and the constructive way in which they approached this refinancing and hope that the successful conclusion thereof will lead to more IPPs taking comfort from the process and coming to the fore to participate in this initiative. The IPPO is proud to be part of this achievement.”

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August 10, 2021

PolkaFoundry to List on AscendEX

Singapore, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AscendEX, a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite, is excited to announce the listing of PolkaFoundry token (PKF) under the pair USDT/PKF on Aug 10 at 1 p.m. UTC.

PolkaFoundry is a platform for building borderless and frictionless DeFi and NFT dapps on Polkadot. PolkaFoundry aims to be the most convenient platform for developers to build DeFi and NFT dapps, providing a platform for making dapps easily accessible to mainstream end-users. PolkaFoundry will achieve this by utilizing Polkadot’s interoperability and scalability and integrating various DeFi-friendly services onto the platform. In addition, PolkaFoundry focuses heavily on ensuring the UX and features of their dApps are simple to use, promoting mainstream adoption.

The native token PKF has several utilities, including payment for services and transaction fees in the PolkaFoundry ecosystem and payments for PolkaFoundry’s partners’ services. In addition, PKF is used for staking and governance so users can earn shares of block rewards and participate in the on-chain governance process to earn additional rewards for voting on proposals.

PolkaFundry believes that the most significant barrier to blockchain adoption is the complexity of the UX on most platforms and dApps. The average person has difficulty engaging with crypto projects because many projects did not design their UX’s for mainstream users. Concepts like wallets, private keys, coins, exchanges, etc. require education and can confuse new users leaving many dApps with a small active user base. Polkafoundry has spent years researching dapp UX’s and has used their research to develop the UX built into PolkaFoundry to enable novice users and professionals to access and use the platform easily.

Polkadot promises a fast-growing ecosystem that offers security, scalability, and interoperability, so PolkaFoundry decided to build its platform on it. To enable dapps to port from Ethereum, PolkaFoundry is EMV-compatible. PolkaFoundry’s foundational goal is to bring the benefits of blockchain to the masses by making its products and services accessible to people outside the crypto community.

About AscendEX

AscendEX (formerly BitMax) is a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite including spot, margin, and futures trading, wallet services, and staking support for over 150 blockchain projects such as bitcoin, ether, and ripple. Launched in 2018, AscendEX services over 1 million retail and institutional clients globally with a highly liquid trading platform and secure custody solutions.

AscendEX has emerged as a leading platform by ROI on its “initial exchange offerings” by supporting some of the industry’s most innovative projects from the DeFi ecosystem such as Thorchain, xDai Stake, and Serum. AscendEX users receive exclusive access to token airdrops and the ability to purchase tokens at the earliest possible stage. To learn more about how AscendEX is leveraging best practices from both Wall Street and the cryptocurrency ecosystem to bring the best altcoins to its users, please visit www.AscendEX.com.

For more information and updates, please visit:

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About Polkafoundry

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August 10, 2021

Kinesio® Announces the Release of Kinesio® Medical Taping for the Mature Adult

Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Kinesio Tape is announcing a new focus on Medical Taping for the Mature Adult, though Kinesio and Dr. Kenzo Kase® have been treating this population for more than 40 years.

In his new book, Dr. Kase provides easily relatable scenarios that affect the mature adult community on a daily basis. He draws upon his own experiences in an insightful and interesting way that allows readers to see a glimpse into the mind of the inventor. Kinesio Medical Taping (KMT) techniques were developed in a clinical environment and aim to improve patient outcomes in palliative care while offering visual aides to guide you every step of the way.

This book outlines ways to help provide care for mature adult patients while using a specifically formulated tape that is designed to be gentle but still effective in treating common conditions that the mature adult often faces such as osteoarthritis and diabetic neuropathy. Kinesio Tex Light Touch+ is the only tape of its kind on the market that is specifically formulated to be gentler on the skin while achieving phenomenal results. Dr. Kase’s expertise and over 40 years of valuable experience combined with this specially formulated line of tape is the perfect recipe for maximum impact.

Kinesio Tape is designed and manufactured in the USA, and proudly serves more than 100 countries globally. With the introduction of Kinesio Medical Taping for the Mature Adult, Dr. Kase’s vision to Tape with Wisdom has taken yet another form. With Dr. Kase’s expertise and his many full years of experience traveling the globe and teaching the method, he has already impacted the lives of thousands of people. Kinesio Medical Taping for the Mature Adult will only add to that impact and encourage the mature adult to continue living a healthy, happy, and active lifestyle.

About Kinesio Holding Corporation: Kinesio Holding Corporation is a U.S. based manufacturer of unique therapeutic tapes that are sold all over the world. The Kinesio Taping® Method is designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process while allowing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of motion.

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August 10, 2021

Governors, Local Officials in Mask Mandate Tug-of-War

Two school districts in Texas are defying an order issued by Governor Greg Abbott that prohibits local governments from issuing face mask mandates as the southwestern U.S. state faces a dramatic surge of new COVID-19 infections.

Michael Hinojosa, superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District, announced Monday that all students and teachers should wear face masks. The move comes just days after the superintendent of Houston’s public schools, the state’s largest school district, announced that he would ask the district’s trustee board to approve a similar mandate.

The head of Dallas County’s governing board of commissioners, Judge Clay Jenkins, has filed a lawsuit against Abbott’s executive order. The nonprofit South Center for Child Advocacy has also filed a lawsuit in Travis County, whose county seat, Austin, is also the state’s capital city, seeking a temporary restraining order against the governor’s order.

Amid the growing opposition to his order, Abbott on Monday called for hospitals across the state to voluntarily delay all elective, or non-emergency, surgeries and medical procedures to focus all of their efforts on treating the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Many hospitals have either reached or exceeded patient capacity, with two major hospitals in Houston erecting tents to handle the overflow of coronavirus patients.

Abbott is also directing state agencies to search for additional medical personnel outside the state to help with the new surge of patients.

Another governor battling with local officials over mask mandates as COVID-19 cases rise in his state is Florida’s Ron DeSantis, who has threatened to withhold funding to school districts and withhold salaries of local superintendents and school board members who defy his order banning such mandates. Like Texas, the southeastern state is struggling to deal with the new surge of coronavirus patients, with more than 40% of the intensive care beds in Florida hospitals filled with COVID-19 patients.

The New York Times says the United States is now averaging more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, the biggest numbers since February, when the coronavirus vaccines were first made available to the general public.

Health experts have blamed the new surge on the spread of the more contagious delta variant and the declining number of Americans seeking vaccination.

Many of the new COVID-19 cases are among young children who are not yet eligible to receive a vaccine, according to the Times.

Source: Voice of America

August 10, 2021

COVID-19 Outbreak in Australia Worsens ?

Australia’s New South Wales state reported another 356 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday.

The new infections are the highest number for the southern state and its capital, Sydney, since a new surge that began in June, when a Sydney airport limousine driver tested positive for the highly contagious delta variant after transporting international air crews.

The latest infection numbers announced Tuesday in Sydney include at least three deaths.

New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that the farming town of Tamworth and the coastal tourist spot of Byron Bay have been placed under an immediate seven-day lockdown after at least one person traveled there from Sydney.

Sydney and its more than five million citizens are in the latter half of a strict nine-week lockdown that is due to end August 28, but government officials have indicated it may extend the restrictions into September.

In the neighboring state of Victoria, officials reported 20 new cases Tuesday, an increase from the 11 new cases reported the day before. The state capital of Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, is under a lockdown that is scheduled to end Thursday.

Australia has been largely successful in containing the spread of COVID-19 through aggressive lockdown efforts, posting just 37,010 total confirmed cases and 943 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The national government has come under fire for a glacial vaccination effort that has led to just 18 percent of all Australians fully vaccinated.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged Tuesday that the country was in a “tough fight” against the delta variant, but pledged that all Australians over 16 years old will be offered a vaccine by the end of the year, saying he wants “everybody around that table at Christmas time.”

High-risk destinations

In the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monday added seven new destinations to its highest risk level of its COVID-19 travel advisory list.

The CDC has designated Aruba, Eswatini, France, French Polynesia, Iceland, Israel and Thailand as Level 4 locations, which signifies a “very high” risk of contracting COVID-19. The federal health agency says anyone who must travel to those nations should be fully vaccinated.

The latest figures from Johns Hopkins show 203,443,396 million people around the world have tested positive for COVID-19, including 4.3 million deaths. The United States leads in both categories with 35.9 million total confirmed cases, including 617,321 deaths.

India has nearly 32 million total cases, Brazil is third, with 20.1 million. Brazil is second in COVID-19 fatalities with 563,562, followed by India with 428,682.

Source: Voice of America

August 10, 2021

PRODESI YIELDS OVER USD 29 MILLION IN EXPORTS

Luanda – Around US$29.84 million has been invested in exports of products from the Programme to Support Production, Diversification of Exports and Substitution of Imports (PRODESI), since the beginning of this year, the Secretary of State for the Economy, Mário Caetano João said today in Luanda.

Speaking at the usual briefing of the Ministry for the Economy and Planning (MEP), he noted that the top six export products were cement, with US$14.31 million, beer (US$6.30 million), glass packaging (US$2.70 million) and bananas (US$2.48 million).

Juices and soft drinks, with USD 2.32 million, and sugar (USD 1.73 million) complete the range of products on that list.

In terms of the six most imported products, Caetano João cited chicken meat, with US$126.45 million, rice (US$106.29 million), sugar (US$87.02 million), soya cooking oil (US$76.23 million), palm oil (US$70.37 million) and milk (US$56.29 million), for a total of US$522.29 million.

According to the official, these commodities are generally exported to Congo Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Portugal, while imports are generally from Brazil, the United States, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Portugal.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

August 10, 2021

ANGOLA PLANS TO PRODUCE 13.8 CARATS OF DIAMONDS IN 2022

Dundo – The chairperson of the board of ENDIAMA EP, Ganga Júnior, said Tuesday in Dundo, Lunda Norte province, that the country expects to produce 13.8 million carats of diamonds in 2022 and turnover of US$1.5 billion.

According to the manager, for the current economic year the target was 14 million carats, but due to the impact of Covid-19, the target was readjusted to 9.3 million carats of diamonds.

Speaking at the opening of the six-monthly review meeting of the diamond subsector, Ganga Júnior called on exploration companies to adjust their production programmes to the current epidemiological context, creating strategies aimed at meeting the established targets.

He said that the companies should continue to create technological and human conditions to live with the Covid-19 pandemic and not allow it to condition the production plan.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

August 10, 2021

Abia State vaccinates over one million children during second round of outbreak response

Abia State located in the south east geopolitical zone, has vaccinated over one million children with the novel oral polio vaccine 2 (nOPV2) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners during the second outbreak vaccination response campaign.

During the 6-day exercise (31 July-04 August), 1,077, 562 children were vaccinated in 10,934 communities from 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

“I decided to present my seven months old baby to be vaccinated because I am convinced that the vaccine prevents polio virus from affecting my child”, says 37-year-old Mrs Nnorom Onyinyechi, whose son is within the targeted age group of 0-5 years.

“I am very happy that my child received the vaccine. There has been no side effect. I have been advising my friends and families with children within the age group to take them to the nearest health facilities to be vaccinated also”, she added.

While Nigeria and the entire WHO African Region got wild poliovirus-free certification in August 2020 by the African Regional Certification Commission, it remains affected by circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) outbreaks.

It is on record that Abia state interrupted WPV in August 2009; the last case being an 18 months’ girl from Isialangwa South LGA of the state. Since then, the state has been free of WPV as well as other polio variants until April 2021 when the presence of cVDPV2 was confirmed in an environmental sample collected from Ogbor Hill site, Aba North LGA situated within an international market.

In order to muster a strong and quality vaccination response, WHO supported the state government to conduct a well-planned flag-off to kick start the second-round outbreak response vaccination on 30th July 2021.

In his remarks at the ceremony, the Deputy Governor, Ude Oko Chukwu, said, “The situation where children less than 5 years are infected with a polio virus is unacceptable.” He further stated that, “Abia State government is committed to ensuring that all children less than 5 years in the state are reached and vaccinated against polio no matter the cost.”

The detection of cVDPV2 anywhere underscores the importance of maintaining high levels of polio vaccination coverage at all levels, to minimize the risk and consequences of any poliovirus circulation.

Meanwhile, WHO State Coordinator (SC), Dr Linus Okoro said with this new wave of support, WHO will continue to support the government of Abia to build on the successes of the polio eradication initiative and strengthen routine immunization.

According to the SC, other “Outbreak response activities started in the affected areas of Abia after the cVDPV2 was confirmed in the environment in order to boost population immunity and interrupt transmission of the virus. Active search for any additional cases continues, as well as additional surveillance measures such as increase in sewage sample collection frequency and systematic sampling of healthy children.”

For the records, no case of wild polio have been discovered in Nigeria at this time, and the country had not seen any cases since August 2016; leading to the declaration of Nigeria’s wild polio-free status and certification of Africa as wild polio-free in 2020.

Support for polio immunization to the Government of Nigeria through WHO, is made possible by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,

Department for International Development, European Union, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Germany, through KfW Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Korea Foundation for International Healthcare, Measles and Rubella Initiative through United Nations Foundation, Rotary International, United States Agency for International Development, United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and World Bank.

Source: World Health Organization. Africa