Egypt’s Unified Procurement Authority (UPA) has actively partnered with Africa CDC and AU initiatives as a pragmatic regional enabler. Egypt hosted a major Africa CDC-led manufacturing forum and has worked with continental partners to operationalize manufacturing and pooled-procurement steps, positioning UPA as both a logistical platform and programmatic partner for regional supply-chain initiatives. Egypt’s hosting of forums and the technical cooperation around regional biomanufacturing underscore the country’s role as a gateway for scaled production and distribution across North Africa and beyond. 

Egyptian contributions are tangible and multi-dimensional: they include institutional coordination (UPA’s role in procurement and logistics), infrastructure acceleration (strategic warehouses and manufacturing alliances), and active support for regional capacity-building (EVMA-RCCN activities on workforce development and HTA institutionalization). These national efforts dovetail with Africa CDC’s drive to operationalize the PAVM and the broader AU goal of producing a far greater share of vaccines in Africa by 2040. Increased investment pledges and international partnerships (including multilateral financiers and development partners) are already aligning to finance accelerator mechanisms and technology transfer programs needed for scale-up. 

The combination of regional pooled procurement, domestic/regional manufacturing, and harmonized regulatory pathways creates a mutually reinforcing ecosystem: reliable demand encourages local production; local production lowers lead times and costs; regional hubs and logistics capabilities (such as Egypt’s strategic stores) enable rapid distribution during emergencies. UPA’s procurement expertise, digital platforms, and industrial partnerships make it a practical partner for translating continental strategy into operational programs that deliver vaccines and biologics to populations across Africa and the Middle East.