Cyril Ramaphosa opens Patrick Soon-Shiong’s African vaccine headquarters

A technician at the Chan Soon-Shiong Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation at Stellenbosch University on January 19 2022. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, founder of the multinational conglomerate NantWorks, established NantSA in Brackenfell. The billionaire was born in SA and graduated from Wits University medical school. Patrick Soon-Shiong with Stellenbosch University rector Wim de Villiers and higher education, science and technology minister Blade Nzimande, at the launch of the Chan Soon-Shiong Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation on January 19 2022. Picture: GCIS/ELMOND JIYANE

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation is also supporting the establishment of institutes for infectious disease and cancer centres of excellence at the universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand.

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