--- title: Vodacom commits R87m to vaccine storage, transportation | ITWeb description: The telco will also deploy a state-of-the-art COVID-19 vaccine management platform across the African Union member states. image: https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LnBLp9j9-HhAxz7PN5_HajwSJDfS1kT022vKMjynjUpelWCSKTPxPrgM9iNt35Gh450SjFwCo46XiHlukoeVMw=w816-h428.jpeg --- [![vast.png](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hs-fs/hubfs/ObscureLogo-02.png?width=1000&height=354&name=ObscureLogo-02.png "vast.png")](http://www.obscuretech.net) Open main menu Close main menu - [Technology Partners](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/technology-partners) Open the submenu - [BeyondTrust](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/beyondtrust) - [Cybereason](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/cybereason) - [Forescout](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/forescout) - [Gytpol](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/gytpol) - [Netskope](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/netskope) - [OKTA](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/okta) - [OneTrust](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/onetrust) - [Palo Alto Networks](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/palo-alto-networks) - [Pentera](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/pentera) - [Proofpoint](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/proofpoint) - [Radware](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/radware) - [RiskIQ](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/riskiq) - [Rubrik](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/rubrik) - [Splunk](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/splunk) - [Tenable](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/tenable) - [Trend Micro](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/trend-micro) - [Obscure Blog](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog) - [About Us](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/about-us) - [Contact Us](https://obscuretech-6344971.hs-sites.com/contact-us) # Vodacom commits R87m to vaccine storage, transportation [ITWeb](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/author/itweb) [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/wnxpev4gb3pqv8xl) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/wnxpev4gb3pqv8xl) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/wnxpev4gb3pqv8xl) ![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LnBLp9j9-HhAxz7PN5_HajwSJDfS1kT022vKMjynjUpelWCSKTPxPrgM9iNt35Gh450SjFwCo46XiHlukoeVMw=w816-h428.jpeg) ![Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub.](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LnBLp9j9-HhAxz7PN5_HajwSJDfS1kT022vKMjynjUpelWCSKTPxPrgM9iNt35Gh450SjFwCo46XiHlukoeVMw.jpeg) Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub. Vodacom Group and Vodafone Foundation have pledged R87 million towards the cold chain storage and safe transportation of COVID-19 vaccines in the African countries in which they operate. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced yesterday that Vodacom will also deploy a state-of-the-art vaccine management platform across the African Union member states, following a successful rollout of the platform in SA. Vodacom, which is led by Shameel Joosub as CEO, has operations in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Lesotho, and provides business services to customers in over 32 African countries, including Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon. Vodacom’s pledge comes just a month after Africa’s biggest mobile operator MTN made a similar multimillion-rand contribution to combating the COVID-19 virus. MTN [donated $25 million](https://www.itweb.co.za/content/xnklOvzLgw3M4Ymz) to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination initiative of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. ##### See also ## [Vodacom company Nexio retrenches, promises transparency](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/content/PmxVEMKlwpKqQY85) ## [Vodacom in limbo over Lesotho licence, hefty fine](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/content/xA9PO7NZKZa7o4J8) Addressing the nation last night, Ramaphosa urged private sector partners to “support this new phase in our fight against the pandemic”. The president said the electronic ELECTRONIC [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SqwidNet-logo_xl-Sep-18-2023-05-27-45-9981-PM.gif)](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27047&zoneid=0&source=&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sqwidnet.com%2F&ismap=) [Driving innovation through IoT. Sqwidnet can give you the tools to bring your ideas to life. 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Everyone that will be vaccinated will have to be registered on the system first, and you will be invited to register once you become eligible,” he said. “We will work through provincial and district structures and community-based organisations to register those citizens who do not have access ACCESS [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SqwidNet-logo_xl-Sep-18-2023-05-27-45-9981-PM.gif)](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27044&zoneid=0&source=&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sqwidnet.com%2F&ismap=) [Driving innovation through IoT. Sqwidnet can give you the tools to bring your ideas to life. Connect with us.](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27044&zoneid=0&source=&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sqwidnet.com%2F&ismap=) ![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/adlog-Sep-18-2023-05-27-49-3535-PM.php) to technology. We are developing mechanisms to identify and register undocumented persons so that they too can be vaccinated.” To ensure SA has supporting infrastructure, the president said over 2 000 vaccination sites have been identified IDENTIFIED [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/powelltronics-logo_xl-Sep-18-2023-05-27-17-6136-PM.gif)](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27118&zoneid=0&source=&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p-tron.com%2F&ismap=) [Advanced biometric and RFID access control technology ensures verification of employee, visitor and contractor identities](http://adx.itweb.co.za/adclick.php?bannerid=27118&zoneid=0&source=&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p-tron.com%2F&ismap=) ![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/adlog-Sep-18-2023-05-27-19-5003-PM.php) across the country. These include general practitioners’ rooms, community clinics and pharmacies, retail outlets, and in some instances, larger facilities like stadiums and conference centres. Ramaphosa revealed that more than 250 000 health workers have to date received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “We have secured 11 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which we know to be effective against the dominant variants in our country. We have secured a further 20 million doses and are finalising the agreement with Johnson & Johnson. We are also finalising an agreement for 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which requires two doses.” This supply of vaccines, he said, will provide enough doses to vaccinate 41 million people. ### Leave a Comment ## Related Articles [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Iw6zTvVs5Nwsp8NWMRUUcHGysuE2fCckj3byiZDI4OAXNzUQ6qHvSCSw8DU5OISWJSmzYHRQe6owN2IJ5M80tkmt=w816-h428.jpeg)](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/8okdwqdyrdyvbznq) ### [Take back control of your data](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/8okdwqdyrdyvbznq) [ITWeb](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/author/itweb) [Read More](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/8okdwqdyrdyvbznq) [![](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/aFJ1ipAqFrBd-gyW5DkL4DmpaNDrOZkRF3fuDQ9eKoBwzndT0bvDsAYGBBHxZRnNZl0OA6HmEL6QBzPmZ9INDXE=w816-h428.jpeg)](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/myzrx79aejr7oga8) ### [Comms ministry kicks-off digital TV public awareness](https://hubspot.obscuretech.net/blog/office/obscuretechnologies/content/myzrx79aejr7oga8) Deputy communications minister Pinky Kekana participates in one of the DCDT’s previous campaign drives. 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