Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and a multibillionaire philanthropist, promised an additional $7 billion towards African development.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said that the funds would be used over the course of the following four years to help African nations as they struggle with issues including famine, sickness, gender inequality, and poverty.
Gates underlined the foundation’s long-term commitment to Africa when announcing Nairobi, stating that the new investment is in addition to money already allocated to help organizations like the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
The measure that drives our foundation, he continued, is “constantly lowering maternal mortality, neonatal death, and under-5 mortality.”
“You know, we’re really happy to be working with so many different partners on this effort.”
In response to a query from VOA during a press conference, Gates urged young people in Africa to embrace technology to discover answers to the issues that the region is now experiencing.
“I think with innovation, over the next ten years, we can come up with innovative techniques in most sectors of emissions,” he stated.
“But we must go quickly.
Once such methods are created, we still need to put them into use.”
Attending Gates’ town hall gathering at the university was Lucianne Odiero, a medical student at the University of Nairobi and ambitious businesswoman.
Odiero claimed that following the encounter, she was even more motivated.
“We are regrettably surrounded by issues, especially since we are in Africa.
So choosing an issue to work on is not difficult.
Being inventive is simple.
You need just identify the issue, look at what has previously been done to address it, consider how it affects you or your neighbor directly, and then figure out a solution “She spoke.
Odhiambo Ramogi, a Nairobi-based economist and development specialist, was less optimistic about Gates’ visit. He worries that the creator of Microsoft will make it easier for American businesses to succeed in Kenya.
“Barely a month after the government approved genetically modified organisms, he visited and gave a lecture at the University of Nairobi. Because GMOs would bring certain American corporations extremely excellent business in the nation, it appears that his objective was both commercial- and aid-oriented “Ramogi said.
The COVID-19 epidemic was the reason for Gates’ first visit to Africa, and during that journey, he said he learned from collaborators about the techniques and programs that are having an effect, the challenges that still need to be overcome, and how the foundation may better assist future advancement.
