BILL GATES DATES KENYA FOR VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSIGNMENTS

BILL GATES DATES KENYA FOR VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSIGNMENTS

 

By Alfonso Kasongo 
LUSAKA :Bill Gates, a Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is scheduled to be in Nairobi, Kenya  for various  engagements among them visiting national and local leaders, partners, and grantees as well as meeting regional scientists and innovators. 

Mr. Gates is also scheduled to announce the foundation’s forward-looking commitment to supporting new innovations and ingenuity aimed at improving health, food security, and gender equality in African countries.

The Foundation announced the Gates visit to the East African nation in a statement made available to The  Editorial News by Dineo Moerane, the foundation media manager. 

Mr. Gates is accompanied by other foundation leaders with the aim to learn from farmers who are using digital tools to help with climate adaptation, see how primary health care clinics have delivered care during the pandemic and helped address ongoing threats like HIV, TB, and malaria.
Bill Gates- Co-Chair BM Foundation 


The visit will further provide opportunities for visiting team to learn more about how leaders are charting a path forward, despite the challenging economic conditions, with investments in youth, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
 
Mr. Gates will further engage and participate in a conversation with university students, to learn and share perspectives on how innovative tools and approaches can bolster efforts to increase food security and support climate adaptation across Africa. 
The moderated town hall event, Innovating for Food Security & Climate Change in Africa, will be co-hosted by Africa.com and the University of Nairobi and take place from 6:00-7:00PM EAT (Nairobi) on Thursday, November 17,2022

The foundation believes that solutions to Africa’s greatest challenges can come from within Africa and its role is to support African partners whose bold ideas and creative approaches have the potential to save lives, improve health, and help families across the continent.

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