The Gates Foundation has agreed to support the federal government with $7.5 million for Nigeria’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scaling Hub, a new initiative. This would accelerate the development and scale-up AI-driven solutions to improve lives and expand opportunities across key sectors such as health, agriculture, and education. The special adviser of media and communications, ministry of communications, innovation and digital …

Despite significant progress in recent years, malaria, pneumonia (lower respiratory infections) and diarrheal diseases remain among the leading causes of illness and death for children under five in sub-Saharan Africa. In response, Rotary, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) and World Vision, is launching its ‘Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge’ to strengthen community health systems to …