Jack Ma’s Third Donation For Africa Arrives

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The third donation of medical equipment to Africa by Chinese Billionaire and Philanthropist, Jack Ma, to help in the fight against Covid-19 have arrived the continent.

Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, on Monday evening, confirmed the arrival of the equipment in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.

He tweeted, “Today we received the third round of essential medical supplies from Jack Ma including 199,300 protective clothing, 300 ventilators, 708 thermometer guns, 28,500 medical gloves, and 3,800 faces shields. Thank you for continuing to show solidarity with Africa.”

The medical equipment will be airlifted to the 54 African Union members by Ethiopian Airline.

Timeline of Jack Ma COVID-19 Medical Donations to Africa

• On March 16, Ma made his first donation to Africa, the shipment contained 20,000 test kits, 100,000 masks and 1,000 protective suits and face shields for medical use.
• On April 6, the Chinese billionaire also announced his second donation the shipment contained  500 ventilators, 200,000 suits and face shields, 2,000 thermometers, one million swabs, and extraction kits as well as 500,000 gloves.
• The second donation was distributed by Ethiopian Airlines, and Nigeria got its own supplies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
• On Monday, April 20, Ma announced his third donation.

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