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Podcast: Standard Bank SA
Episode: The Weekly Shyft: Episode 15
Description: It’s October 2021, and this is the fifteenth Audio Episode of “The Shyft Lift”, the regular news digest of the App for the globally-minded, based in South Africa.
Biotech firm Moderna plans to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa, capable of producing up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines each year. (https://www.news24.com/health24/medical/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/opinion-south-africa-mrna-technology-hub-gives-hope-to-africa-20211015)
South Africa’s trade surplus widened to a record high in the April-to-June period this year. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5a8WXoreA)
Direct investment into SA recorded a net inflow i...