Excellent article as usual. Gates also received a national award from former Senegalese president Macky Sall at the Grand Challenges event in Dakar in 2023.
It is impossible to overstate Gates' influence in Africa. He is basically a roving head of government whose tentacles reach every nook and cranny. Nigeria's president met with him in the same room where he meets with his cabinet, which should tell you the regard with which Gates is held.
I'd have loved to see an analysis of the report that the Gates Foundation was seeking immunity in Kenya. But otherwise, good work.
Thank you for your excellent reflections. Great point about the Kenya immunity case which certainly supports that 'head of government' analogy! One for a future article...
Thank you so much for this write up. I remember Gates and WHO were implicated during Covid for their vaccine push but I so rarely come across any actual reporting about Gates and his work either with WHO or in Africa.
And it is deeply frustrating how powerless many average Africans are in the face of not just Gates but their own government.
Excellent article as usual. Gates also received a national award from former Senegalese president Macky Sall at the Grand Challenges event in Dakar in 2023.
It is impossible to overstate Gates' influence in Africa. He is basically a roving head of government whose tentacles reach every nook and cranny. Nigeria's president met with him in the same room where he meets with his cabinet, which should tell you the regard with which Gates is held.
I'd have loved to see an analysis of the report that the Gates Foundation was seeking immunity in Kenya. But otherwise, good work.
Thank you for your excellent reflections. Great point about the Kenya immunity case which certainly supports that 'head of government' analogy! One for a future article...
Thanks for the article! It's hard to find anything about Gates that isn't too biased either way.
Thank you so much for this write up. I remember Gates and WHO were implicated during Covid for their vaccine push but I so rarely come across any actual reporting about Gates and his work either with WHO or in Africa.
And it is deeply frustrating how powerless many average Africans are in the face of not just Gates but their own government.