Farmers like Yusuf grow several crops—sorghum, millet, soybeans, tomatoes, and onions. But one of the most important staples in this region is the cowpea. Thanks to new varieties developed by CGIAR—a ...

Last year, a man named Chuck Feeney died, at the age of 92. Feeney was a billionaire, but you might not have heard of him. He purposely led a low-profile life—he wore a ten-dollar watch and, in his ...

On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 “There are too many urgent problems to ...

I remember the day I first experienced artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It was the late ’90s, and I was a maths teacher at a school in London described as having “challenging circumstances.” ...

It is one of the cruel ironies of climate change’s impact that the families and communities least responsible for this global crisis are the ones feeling its most extreme repercussions. Africa ...

This is a story about how change happens in public health. Specifically, it’s a story about how a lifesaving vaccine called PCV became available to all children in India—and to the wider world, ...

Rural women farmers might be the world’s most extraordinary unsung agents of change when it comes to climate resilience. These women make up nearly half the world’s agricultural workforce and produce ...

ADDIS ABABA (June 2, 2025) – In an address today in Nelson Mandela Hall at the African Union, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates urged African leaders to seize the moment to accelerate progress in ...

Whether we’re paying the rent, receiving a paycheck, splitting the cost of a meal, or simply buying a coffee, people in much of the world take digital banking for granted. Everything is handled with a ...

Since January 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than US$2 billion to the global COVID-19 response. Our funding commitments for COVID-19 response draw from three sources: ...

To address climate catastrophe, reducing emissions is not enough. New solutions must help smallholder farmers and families adapt to a changing world. If the world does not muster the will to help ...

This article was originally published on Gates Notes. When I first began thinking about how to give away my wealth, I did what I always do when I start a new project: I read a lot of books. I read ...