Progress in fight against global poverty, but more work remains: Bill Gates

Great progress has been made since 1990 in alleviating global poverty, but much remains to be done, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said in a report out Wednesday. The foundation set up by the billionaire Microsoft co-founder plans to issue annual reports monitoring progress toward reaching a series of global sustainable development goals established […]

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Nigeria partners Gates Foundation to end food insecurity

The Nigerian Government has begun the implementation of the agricultural programmes in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates assisted food sufficiency programme. According to ChannelsTV, Farmers in Benue, Kogi and Kaduna states will be trained to develop value chains, food processing and marketing. A delegation from the Gates Foundation were in Makurdi, the Benue […]

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Governors signs a $2m deal with Gates Foundation

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) and the Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation, on Thursday close a deal of $2 million, aimed at strengthening the policies of the state governments in the area of revenue generation and primary health care. Speaking while unveiling the terms of the new partnership deal in Abuja, the Governor of Sokoto State who […]

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