Japan Gives U.S.$ 33.3 Million Grant to End Polio in Nigeria
In an effort to protect millions of children from polio in Nigeria, the Japanese government yesterday announced a grant of $33.3 million in humanitarian emergency funding to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The grant came as a result of new cases popped up in areas affected by conflicts in the Borno State […]
Novartis expands partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture to develop next-generation antimalarial treatment
Novartis announced today that it will further expand its long-standing partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). Novartis will lead the development of antimalarial compound KAF156 with scientific and financial support from MMV in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This agreement sets out the terms and conditions for the development of KAF156 […]
Stanford University Business Program Takes Root in East Africa
Building on the success of its program in West Africa, Stanford Seed, the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, has announced the launch of the Seed Transformation Program in East Africa. In May, the first group of promising business leaders selected by Stanford Seed will gather in Nairobi to begin a 12-month transformational process […]
Pictures Of Melinda Gates, Wife Of World’s Richest Man Carrying Water On Her Head In Malawi
MELINDA Gates has stepped up her campaign to provide portable water across Africa by joining local women in Malawi to visit their local borehole and fetch water in plastic containers carried on their heads. Belinda, 50, is the wife of Bill Gates, the world’s richest man and the co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates […]
