Apparently, one of many wealthiest males on the planet is promising to donate the overwhelming majority of his large fortune over the following twenty years, and a lot of the funds will go to Africa.
In line with BBC, final month, Microsoft founder Invoice Gates introduced throughout an handle on the African Union (AU) headquarters that almost all of his fortune, which he expects to exceed $200 billion (with a capital B), will likely be spent on bettering well being and training providers on the continent over the following twenty years.
“I not too long ago made a dedication that my wealth will likely be given away over the following 20 years,” he mentioned. “The vast majority of that funding will likely be spent on serving to you handle challenges right here in Africa. By unleashing human potential via well being and training, each nation in Africa ought to be on a path to prosperity,” the billionaire tech innovator reportedly mentioned.
If Gates makes good on his promise, it will likely be a welcome boon to the area, which is able to possible undergo greater than it already has as a result of reckless insurance policies of a sure U.S. president whose solely vested curiosity within the continent includes white Afrikaners struggling a fictional “white genocide.”
From BBC:
The US authorities has reduce assist to Africa, together with programmes to deal with sufferers with HIV/Aids, as a part of US President Donald Trump’s “America First” coverage, elevating issues about the way forward for healthcare on the continent.
Gates mentioned his basis, which has a protracted historical past of working in Africa, would give attention to bettering major healthcare.
“What we’ve discovered is that serving to the mom be wholesome and have nice diet earlier than she will get pregnant, whereas she is pregnant, delivers the strongest outcomes,” he mentioned.
“Making certain the kid receives good diet of their first 4 years as effectively makes all of the distinction.”
Gates additionally had a message for younger innovators in Africa, whom he urged to suppose extra about how Synthetic Intelligence (AI) expertise can enhance healthcare and different infrastructure wants, citing the appearance of cell phones, which he mentioned revolutionized banking in Africa.
“Africa largely skipped conventional banking and now you have got an opportunity, as you construct your subsequent technology healthcare programs, to consider how AI is constructed into that,” he mentioned. He additionally famous that, in Rwanda, medical professionals are already bettering providers utilizing AI-enabled ultrasound to determine high-risk pregnancies.
“Folks will say lots of issues about me after I die, however I’m decided that ‘he died wealthy’ won’t be one among them,” Gates wrote in a weblog put up final month.
Welp, we’ll see if one of many world’s richest males will put his cash the place his mouth is.
We will see.