Across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers are confronting the challenges of climate change. Many of them were already struggling, and now the surge of ...

Since opening in 2012, our offices in Addis Ababa, we have partnered with our donors, government, the private sector, and civil society to help Ethiopians live healthy and productive lives. We have ...

Our Johannesburg office is the regional headquarters for the Gates Foundation in Africa. We are committed to working with governments, academia, the private sector, and civil society to help advance ...

To enhance health, education, and agriculture outcomes in Africa by leveraging South–South collaboration that adapts and applies India’s proven Artificial Intelligence solutions.

Lindsey Williams leads the foundation’s efforts to expand and deepen partnerships that mobilize significant philanthropic resources for global health and development, while also strengthening the ...

Last year, a man named Chuck Feeney died, at the age of 92. Feeney was a billionaire, but you might not have heard of him. He purposely led a low-profile life—he wore a ten-dollar watch and, in his ...

On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

Dr. Polycarp Oyoo will never forget his first encounter with postpartum bleeding—the leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. As a young doctor, he helped a Kenyan mother deliver twins at a ...

At CES 2025, one of the world’s largest technology trade shows, groundbreaking healthcare innovations took center stage, showcasing their potential to transform global health and save children’s lives ...

Not long ago in India, a small business owner applying for a loan would need to bring her physical ID and paper financial records to a bank branch, fill out an application by hand, and wait for a loan ...

Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response. Our funding commitments for COVID-19 response draw from three sources: ...

The Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Wellcome will support locally led evaluations of AI tools that have the potential to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries The ...