Tag:Gates Foundation

Health

Bill Gates urges Nigeria to sustain momentum for polio eradication

Bill Gates, Chair of Gates Foundation, has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to continue its longstanding commitment to end polio transmission in the...

Michael Simire - June 4, 2025

News

Bill Gates to direct majority of $200b pledge toward Africa’s future

In an address on Monday, June 2, 2025, in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair, Bill Gates, urged African leaders...

Michael Simire - June 2, 2025

Health

Gates Foundation grants firm $5m to boost child health in Africa

As part of the global health movement to expand affordable access to high-quality medicines, the Gates Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to...

Michael Simire - May 21, 2025

Human Welfare

Gates Foundation to spend $200bn over next 20 years to improve lives

On the occasion of its 25th year, the Gates Foundation on Thursday, May 8, 2025, made a new commitment to accelerate its mission to...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2025

Health

New TB vaccine in 100 years advances as Wellcome, Gates Foundation fund trial

Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine candidate, M72/AS01E (M72), through a Phase III...

Michael Simire - June 29, 2023

Agric & Biotech

COP27: What informed our new grant to Nigeria, Africa – Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of $1.4 billion to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Africa: Qatar, Gates Foundation pledge $200m to support agriculture, climate resilience

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have jointly pledged $200 million toward agriculture, climate resilience and economic development...

admin - March 28, 2022