Bill Gates Donates $100 Million to Nigeria

Nigerian president Mohammadu Buhari is flanked by Bill Gates, left, and Aliko Dangote. The two business leaders have announced a partnership to fight malnutrition in Nigeria

Billionaire Bill Gates on Thursday announced plans for a $100-million scheme to cut malnutrition in the continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria. Dangote said the partnership between his Dangote Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would address the problem, which affects some 11 million children in northern Nigeria.

While others might be laughing at Nigeria and other African countries, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is determined to fight malnutrition in Nigeria.
The announcement was made in Abuja, a day after both men signed a deal to ramp up immunisation programmes in the northern states of Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano, where Dangote is from.   US philanthropist Gates, who also met President Muhammadu Buhari, told reporters Nigeria’s key resource was its young population. Some 44 percent of the 170 million population are aged under 14.
The Microsoft founder said their prospects would be “greatly damaged if we don’t solve malnutrition
The new scheme will fund programmes to 2020 and beyond, using local groups in the northwest and northeast, which has for the last seven years been ravaged by Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency.
Dangote and Gates have previously worked together on polio eradication programmes, which resulted in the country being taken off the global list of endemic countries last year.  Nigeria is Africa’s leading economy and number one oil exporter, but poverty remains acute for all but a fraction.
Average life expectancy is 52 years fewer than the overall rate for sub-Saharan Africa with high rates of infant mortality and for children under five.  Some 31 percent of children under five were deemed under-weight in 2013, the 12th lowest in the world.

Not only Bill Gates is devoted to helping African countries but also his wife Melinda Gates.
Bill Gate's Wife, Melinda Gates through Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, made a trip to Malawi.
where she even washed dishes with women in Malawi during her recent visit.
The 51-year-old mother of three disclosed that during her visit to the country, she joined women to fetch water. She cheerfully recounted how she carried 20 litres of water on her head, something she never did.
She further said it was a sweet and nice experience, but it was tough for her.
See the photo of Melinda Gates carrying a 20 litres of water bucket on her head and also her washing dishes.

Bill Gate's Wife Melinda Gates carrying a 20 litres bucket of water on her head in Malawi

wife of Bill Gates Melinda Gates washing dishes in Malawi