About $7 billion in aid will come to Nigeria and other African countries over the next four years from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The sole purpose of the aid to help the continent’s unending challenges ranging from hunger, Disease, Poverty and gender inequality.
Bill Gates disclosed this adding that the Ukraine had reduced the amount of aid flowing into the continent.
The international organization stated that Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, will take the biggest share of the fund to improve the social economic state of the country.
Russia’s invasion has led to an increase in goods prices globally, impacting aid operations. As a result, lots of funding are being diverted away from humanitarian groups.
In his recent tweet, Bill Gates wrote, “Africa has always been at the heart of our foundation’s mission. Today, we are announcing our commitment of $7 billion over the next 4 years for the development of more breakthrough innovations in health and agriculture across the continent”
Gates also added that Nigeria has made significant progress in reaching its health goals, including recently eradicating wild polio from the country.
According to him, the foundation works with the Nigerian government and other partners to help address a range of health issues, including family planning, nutrition, and strengthening primary health care and public health systems.
“Our foundation will continue to support solutions in health, agriculture, and other critical areas—and the systems to get them out of the labs and to the people who need them,” he said in a statement.
Following a meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto, Gates said on Wednesday that the foundation would establish a regional office in Nairobi.
The foundation, in 2021, gave charitable support of $6.7 billion and, last week pledged $1.4 billion to help the world’s smallholder farmers cope with climate change.
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