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Gates Foundation pledges $7B for health, farming in Africa

Bill Gates and President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi. [PPS]

Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa.

The new pledge will be spent over the next four years and is in addition to existing Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to strengthen health systems across the continent.

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