Africa Will Feed Itself - Bill and Melinda Gates
The lives of people in poor countries will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any other time in history, and their lives will improve more than anyone else's, Bill and Melinda Gates have said in their annual letter.
Africa will be able to feed itself, says the Gates Foundation.
Saving newborn lives.
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Africa:
Our Big Bet for the Future - Bill and Melinda Gates
Gates Foundation, 22 January 2015
Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood friend Paul Allen bet that software and personal computers would change the way people around the world worked and played. This bet wasn't… Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Will Feed Itself, Say Bill and Melinda Gates
Gates Foundation, 22 January 2015
Every second Joyce Sandiya isn't tending her crops, she's volunteering at church. Read more »
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Africa:
Child Deaths Will Go Down, and More Diseases Will be Wiped Out
Gates Foundation, 22 January 2015
Until recently, the world was split in two. Read more »
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Africa:
Mobile Banking Will the Help the Poor Transform Their Lives
Gates Foundation, 23 January 2015
The financial lives of the poor are very complicated. Read more »
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Africa:
Better Software Will Revolutionise Learning
Gates Foundation, 23 January 2015
Last fall, Bill met a number of students in Arizona who are getting their college degrees through online schools. Read more »
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