Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on March 15 announced that he had secured a continent wide support coronavirus support from Chinese businessman Jack Ma.
The Ali Baba founder confirmed the news 24-hours later following which the materials were flown to Ethiopia on March 22. Ethiopia had agreed to use its national airline, Ethiopian, to undertake deployment to all member states.
Since March 23, the airline which is Africa’s most profitable has been flying across the continent delivering the supplies. At last count, Ethiopian had delivered to consignments to 41 destinations with 13 others yet to be served as at March 27.
March 27: Ethiopian serves 41 countries so far
March 23rd
- Eritrea
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Sudan
March 24th
- South Africa
- Burundi
- Rwanda
- Togo
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- South Sudan
- Somalia
- Tanzania
March 25th
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Congo and
- DR Congo
March 26th
- Seychelles
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Comoros
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
- Angola
- Chad
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
- Guinea
- Guinea Bissau
- eSwatini
- Lesotho
- Botswana
- Namibia
March 27th
- Mali
- Cape Verde