Table 1. Demographic information and summary of the studies on vaccine hesitancy in African countries.

	Author	Country	N	Period	Male (%)	Age	Education	Urban residents (%)	2020 GDP (USD Billion)	Acceptance rate	Total vaccination rate at survey (%)	Vaccination rate (%, after 3 months)	Vaccination rate (%, after 6 months)
1	Acheampong	Ghana	2,345	February 23rd to 28th 2021	1,223/ 2,345 (52%)	Under 35 : 55% Under 55 : 87% n=2,345	Primary or less : 0 % University or above : 93%	-	68.532	1,197/2,345 (51%)	-	2.69*	2.73*
2	Ahmed	Somalia	4,543	December 2020 to January 2021	2,837/4,543 (62.4%)	23.5 (6.4) n=4,543	Primary or less : 2.3% University or above : 86.2%	89.4	6.965	3,488/4,543 (76.8%)	-	0.79*	0.91*
3	Alhassan	Ghana	1,556	September 18th to October 23rd, 2020	777/1,534 (50.7%)	32.77 (9.72) n=1,445	Primary or less : 17.2% University or above : 67.9%	-	68.532	697/1,077 (64.7%)	-	-	2.69**
4	Anjorin	Africa	5,416	February and March 2021	2,790/ 5,200 (53.7%)	Under 35 : 60.8% Under 55 : 92.5% n=5,200	Primary or less : 1.3% University or above : 77.7%	67.3	NA	3,277/5,211 (63%)	0.29	1.87	5.11
5	Belsti	Ethiopia	1,184	February to March 2021	1,086/ 1,184 (91.7%)	28.86 (3.90) n=1184 35 (11.5)	Primary or less : 0 % University or above : 78.7%	87.2	107.645	372/1,184 (31.4%)	-	1.98**	2.46
6	Ditekem-ena	Congo	4,131	August 24th to September 8th 2020	1,304/ 4,131 (31.6%)	Under 30 : 40.9% Under 50 : 87.8% n=4,131	Primary or less : less than 71% University or above : 29%	-	10.187	2,310/4,131 (55.9%)	-	-	2.35
7	Dula	Moza-mbique	1,878	March 11th to 20th 2021	1,128/ 1,878 (60.0%)	Under 35 : 58.3% Under 60 : 96.6% n=1878		-	14.019	1,340/1,878 (71.4%)	-	1.06*	5.92
8	Elgendy	Egypt	871	April and May 2021	406/871 (46.6%)	Under 35 : 29.3% Under 55 : 94.8% n=871	Primary or less : 0.0% University or above :100%	74.1	365.253	?/871 (86%)	1.02*	3.63%	17.77
9	Kanyanda	Mali	1,765	October to November 2020	?/1,765 (78.9%)	Under 30 :13.8% Under 60 : 84.1% n=1765	Primary : 30.9%	66.3	17.465	64.5% (95% CI 61.3% to 67.8%) n=1,765	-	-	0.34*
	Kanyanda	Burkina Faso	1,945	December 2020	?/1,742 (78.7%)	Under 30 : 11.3% Under 60 : 89.9% n=1742	Primary : 32.4%	72	17.934	79.6% (95% CI 77.0% to 82.3%) n=1,944	-	-	0.50**
	Kanyanda	Malawi	1,589	October to November 2020	?/1,589 (59.8%)	Under 30 : 27.8% Under 60 : 90.5% n=1589	Primary : 50.2%	36.8	12.182	82.7% (95% CI 80.0% to 85.4%) n=1,589	-	-	1.83**
	Kanyanda	Uganda	2,129	December 2020	?/2,129 (50.7%)	Under 30 : 15.3% Under 60 : 81.4% n=2129	Primary 51.1%	25.8	37.6	84.5% (95% CI 82.2% to 86.8%) n=2,129	-	-	1.08*
	Kanyanda	Ethiopia	2,701	September 2020	?/2,701 (62.7%)	Under 30 : 29.4% Under 60 : 91.7% n=2701	Primary 52.9%	71.9	107.645	97.9% (95% CI 97.2% to 98.6%) n=2,701	-	-	1.98**
	Kanyanda	Nigeria	1,766	October to November 2020	?/1,766 (72.3%)	Under 30 : 13.5% Under 60 : 82.5% n=1766	Primary 75.1%	39.3	432.294	86.2% (95% CI 83.9% to 88.5%) n=1,766	-	-	0.91*
10	Kollamp-arambil	South Africa	5,629	February and March 2021	2,140/4,440 (48.2%)	40.47 (15.04) n=4440	-	76	335.442	3,976/5,613 (70.84%)	0.13	6.06*	16.23
11	McAbee	Zim-babwe	551	May 2021	152/551 (27.6%)	Under 30 : 24.9% Under 55 : 75.3% n=551 29.35±10.78	-	-	18.051	410/551 (74.4%)	3.86	4.63	19.36
12	Omar	Egypt	1,011	January 7th to March 30th 2021	417/1,011 (41.2%)	Under 30 : 55.1% Under 50 : 95.7% n=1,011	Primary or less : 6.8% University or above : 70.3%	54.3	365.253	259/1,011 (25.6%)	-	1.51*	4.90*
13	Orangi	Kenya	4136	February 2021	1,355/4,136 (32.8%)	Under 35 : 33.3% Under 55 : 91.6% n=4044	Primary or less : 70.7% University or above : 7.4%	44	101.014	2,627/4,136 (63.5%)	-	1.76*	2.30
14	Oyekale	Kenya	10702	January 15th to June 13th 2021	5,648/10,702 (52.8%)	Under 35 : 40.9% Under 55 : 83.9 n=10702	Primary or less : 39.3% University or above : 15.4%	52.7	101.014	8,284/10,702 (77.41%)	1.76**	1.83	5.20
15	Oyekale	Ethiopia	2178	February 1st to 23rd, 2021	1,355/2,178 (62.2%)	Under 60 : 95.36% Under 30 : 29.85% n=2178	-	75.3	107.645	2,011/2,167 (92.8%)	-	-	1.56*