Latest Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation News

Fortified bouillon cubes are seen as a way to curb malnutrition in Africa as climate worsens hunger

Sep. 17, 2024 15:36 PM EDT

IBADAN, Nigeria (AP) — In her cramped, dimly lit kitchen, Idowu Bello leans over a gas cooker while stirring a pot of eba, the thick starchy West African staple made from cassava root. Kidney problems and chronic exhaustion forced the 56-year-old Nigerian woman to retire from teaching, and she...

Bill Gates calls for more aid to go to Africa and for debt relief for burdened countries

Sep. 17, 2024 08:33 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The billionaire Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates thinks the richest governments should increase their support for African countries that have been overshadowed by development funding increasingly going toward the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine as...

The next generation of Buffetts is poised to become one of the biggest forces in philanthropy

Sep. 16, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The next generation of Buffetts — Howard, Susie and Peter — is poised to become one of the most powerful forces in philanthropy when their 94-year-old father, the legendary businessman and leader of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, eventually passes away. ...

Warren Buffett donates again to the Gates Foundation but will cut the charity off after his death

Jun. 28, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett announced another $5.3 billion in charitable gifts Friday, but in a major shift of his longtime giving plan he said he plans to cut off donations to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after his death and let his three children decide how to...