A Ugandan scientist is engineering beans to thrive despite drought, pests, and shorter growing seasons—one crossbreed at a ...

During the first 25 years of the Gates Foundation, we gave away more than $100 billion. Over the next two decades, we will ...

Explore 25 years of progress in global health, education, and equity—and discover the stories shaping our future.

This article originally appeared on Economist.com. In recent years a quiet but disturbing trend emerged: as countries struggled to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and other shocks, official ...

We are data people, and this is a data report. Sort of. In 2015, leaders from 193 countries agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals—the SDGs. These were big, bold objectives we wanted to achieve ...

To expand access to digital financial services so people in the lowest-income communities around the globe can build security and prosperity for themselves, their families, and their communities.

CAMBRIDGE, England -- Today one of the largest scholarships programs ever for university education was officially announced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Cambridge. With ...

Why did Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates start the foundation? Foundation Chair Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates believe that all lives have equal value and they have always been determined to ...

From early childhood, we each saw how our parents helped out in our local communities, and we were taught that anything is possible. Unfortunately, factors outside of anyone’s control make it hard for ...

To support farmers and governments in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia that are seeking a sustainable, inclusive agricultural transformation—one that creates economic opportunity, respects limits on ...