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COVID-19: More donations to Africa by Chinese billionaire

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Apr 20, 2020

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Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group, on Monday announced the donation of more medical equipment to Africa in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his verified Twitter handle.

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Ma twitted: "Our 3rd donation to Africa will immediately be made to @_africanunion and @AfricaCDC.

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"This includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 clothing sets, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 thermal guns, 100 body temperature scanners and 500,000 pairs of gloves.ÔÇØ

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ma, through his foundation, had earlier made his first set of donation to the 54 African countries.

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He donated 20,000 test kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 medical use protective suits and face shields.

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Ma also announced his second set of donation to the continent on April 6 which included 500 ventilators, 200 thousand suits and face shields, two thousand thermometers.

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Others are one million swabs and extraction kits and 500,000 gloves.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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