Overview

• Gates will distribute almost $200 billion over the next 20 years to strengthen health systems and schools across African nations.
• The foundation’s exit plan targets a 2045 closure after granting away 99 percent of Bill Gates’s fortune.
• Three core goals have been set: cutting maternal and newborn mortality, combating infectious diseases, and lifting millions out of poverty.
• Gates spotlighted artificial intelligence as a transformative tool and urged African innovators to develop AI healthcare solutions.
• The initiative directly addresses shortfalls from recent U.S. development aid cuts that have affected HIV/AIDS and other critical programs.