Billionaire philanthropist: vaccine hoarding hurts Africa

FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2015 file photo, Mo Ibrahim, Chairman and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, answers a question from a journalist at a press conference where the winner of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was announced, in Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim, in a June 2021 interview with The Associated Press, is sharply criticizing the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations, urging the international community to "walk the talk" of equitable distribution as Africa desperately lags behind. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

FILE - This May 6, 2015 file photo shows Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman of , Mo Ibrahim Foundation at the Clinton Global Initiative Middle East & Africa meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Ibrahim is criticizing vaccine hoarding by wealthy nations, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, urging the international community to “walk the talk” as Africa desperately lags behind in vaccinating against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar, File)