By Rodger Voorhies The alarming realities of climate change are now evident almost everywhere. July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. Countries all over the world are experiencing deadly heat waves. The climate threat is particularly perilous for sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where populations and temperatures are both rising faster than anywhere else in ...
……………….Opens new grants opportunities From Seun Akioye, Dakar The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) said it is investing an additional $30 million to support a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform in Africa. The platform will provide African scientists and innovators with the technical and operational support they need to turn promising ideas into scalable health and ...
From Seun Akioye, New York The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) yesterday announced an additional funding commitments of $200 million towards achieving universal access to family planning products and information, faster delivery of lifesaving health solutions, and a reduction in maternal and child mortality. In a statement made available ...
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) organized the Goalkeepers event which keeps track of progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, the event is focusing on child and maternal mortality and revealing seven innovations ...
From Seun Akioye in New York In a night of glamour and inspirational speeches, three changemakers were honored with Global Goal awards at Goalkeepers annual event held in New York. Editor-at Large, Seun Akioye was there... When Eden Tadesse first went to the refugee camp at the border of her ...
By Adeyemi Olusoga/Abuja The co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Bill Gates and Melinda French-Gates have highlighted seven new innovations which if made available to those who need them, would save at least two million mothers and babies by 2030. Writing in the 2023 edition of the ...
By Ademola Adeleye Four Nigerian innovators in health, education and financial inclusion are part of 50 grant recipients who are developing global health and development solutions for their communities using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled Large Language Models (LLMs). The recipients are part of the nearly 2000 applicants who responded to the ...
"Throughout this visit, I was continually struck by the enthusiasm of Nigeria’s young people to make a difference, and the creative ways they are harnessing innovative science and technology to accelerate progress and improve lives across Africa. The problems are persistent, but so are the people solving them."
By Temilolu Oke World number one philanthropist and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Bill Gates, has disclosed the reasons he is visiting Nigeria and Niger Republic this week. The visit to the two African countries is a continuation of his global tour following a visit to ...
By Elohor Igbru The largest humanitarian organisation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today announced its largest-ever annual budget in its bid to tackle inequality, poverty and to bridge the gap in development funding caused by the Covid-19 pandemic around the world. Announcing the budget of $8.3 billion for the year ...
