Whether we’re paying the rent, receiving a paycheck, splitting the cost of a meal, or simply buying a coffee, people in much of the world take digital banking for granted. Everything is handled with a ...

As a child, Nneka Mobisson looked forward to fun times with her family when they traveled together from Nigeria to the United States, but her father had his own ideas. “My father’s idea of fun with ...

Like many Ugandans, Dr. Clare Mukankusi grew up eating beans. They were served every day at school and grew in her family’s small garden in Entebbe. But while most Ugandans enjoy beans as a nutritious ...

to document the impact of the Women's Entrepreneurship Platform ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on Gates Notes. When I first began thinking about how to give away my wealth, I did what I always do when I start a new project: I read a lot of books. I read ...

When I first began practicing as an obstetrician-gynecologist, I was surprised to find that most medications commonly given to pregnant women hadn’t been specifically formulated for use in pregnancy.

In her small village in rural Kenya, Josephine Kimonyi is known for making bold moves. In 2014, she and her husband Samuel left a vibrant life in Nairobi to return to Ngumu in southeast Kenya, where ...

In the 1990s, Zimbabwe had one dry year every five years. Now it is once every two years, and sometimes the dry years are back-to-back. I have been involved with smallholder farming my entire life.

We begin 2022 at a pivotal moment for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the world. The COVID pandemic has been both a profound shock and a clarion call to action to support the countries and ...

I remember the day I first experienced artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It was the late ’90s, and I was a maths teacher at a school in London described as having “challenging circumstances.” ...

SEATTLE, November 2, 2021 – Today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged US $315 million to the CGIAR global agriculture research ...