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Bill Gates Pledges Nearly $200 Billion to African Healthcare and Education in Response to U.S. Aid Reductions

The Gates Foundation will end its work by 2045 with 99 percent of Gates’s wealth allocated to African programs

Microsoft-Gründer und Multimilliardär: Bill Gates
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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.