From the toughest of beginnings in South Sudan to becoming a pioneering pulmonologist in Joburg, what this doctor learnt was how not to be a perpetual victim.
They created the first Covid-19 vaccine, 11 months after the pandemic began. Dr Ugur Şahin, CEO of BioNTech, and his wife, Dr Özlem Türeci, its co-founder and chief medical officer, were voted by Daily Maverick’s readers as its International People of the Year.