To improve the livelihoods and economic mobility of low-income women in India by accelerating and scaling AI-driven innovations that expand their access to markets, finance, and income opportunities.

Cabo Verde’s decades-long effort to eliminate malaria shows how persistence, partnership, and local leadership can create a ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have been experiencing one of the most difficult periods in modern history. The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 2 million people, sickened millions more, devastated the global economy, and ...

In her small village in rural Kenya, Josephine Kimonyi is known for making bold moves. In 2014, she and her husband Samuel left a vibrant life in Nairobi to return to Ngumu in southeast Kenya, where ...

When Yaw Bediako saw scientists and researchers departing Ghana, he made a life-changing pivot to keep brilliant minds in his country. After a grueling year of applications, interviews, and anxiety, ...

When you ask women, “What are the barriers to improving your family’s income?” you learn something surprising. All around the world, in low-, middle-, and high-income countries, they cite the same ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...