Overview

• Gates committed 99% of his estimated $200 billion fortune to African healthcare and education initiatives over the next two decades.
• The funding will prioritize primary healthcare, maternal and child nutrition programs, and basic education projects across the continent.
• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will wind down by 2045 after deploying its final assets to address pressing health and development challenges.
• He urged adoption of artificial intelligence in health systems, citing AI-driven ultrasounds in Rwanda as an example for early risk detection.
• Gates confirmed his three children will inherit less than 1% of his wealth, emphasizing his belief that vast inheritances do not benefit heirs.