Thanks to incredible work and dedication, the number of children paralyzed by polio each year has fallen by more than 99% ...

When I joined the Gates Foundation’s polio team in 2008, 20 years after Rotary International and the World Health Organization (WHO) set the goal of eradication, the disease was still circulating in ...

Global Access is a concept developed by the foundation to ensure foundation-funded projects (whether they be grants, contracts or program related investments, collectively, “Programmatic Investments”) ...

The Gates Foundation has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, where the Gates family has lived for generations. Our campus is a gathering place for employees, grantees, and partners to work ...

Strive T. Masiyiwa is a Zimbabwean based in London and an international business leader. He has served on the foundation’s board of trustees since January 2022. Masiyiwa is the Founder and Executive ...

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To support the Government of Kenya advance continental priorities on adaptation and agriculture through its hosting of the Africa Climate Summit.

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

For nearly two and a half decades, I’ve had the privilege of meeting women from across the world and speaking to them about their dreams and challenges. Through that experience, I’ve learned that if ...

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 ...