John Nkengasong received by Pope Francis, Rutelli: “A hero of our time”

After receiving our first Soft Power Prize in Venice a month ago, John Nkengasong was invited by Pope Francis “to illustrate the global challenges to face COVID and other evils (AIDS, malaria), as a virologist and scientist working on the most difficult terrain. , Africa. The health of the whole world is at stake. We are now friends, and I met him in Rome before his return to Addis Ababa. In recent weeks, John has been honored by Time as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World“; Joe Biden proposed him as the World Ambassador for the fight against COVID. Remember this Cameroonian name: it is difficult to pronounce, but its words are easy to understand ». Francesco Rutelli, president of the Soft Power Club, writes it on his facebook profile.