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2020
Expo 2020 Dubai and Gates Foundation announce partnership to support grassroots projects
Expo 2020 Dubai and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced a partnership to support grassroots projects through funding, expertise, best practices and technical assistance for selected Expo Live grantees.
2020
KT and Gates Foundation agree to fund epidemic-preparedness research
KT and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation entered an agreement to fund KT pandemic-response solutions and announced a three-year study on ICT-based global epidemic response using AI and Big Data.
2020
Foundations join ACT Grants as donors
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, and Wadhwani Foundation joined ACT Grants as donors. The foundations will extend the initiative’s outreach, with the article specifying project selection and execution support from Gates Foundation and grants and consulting services from Wadhwani Foundation.
2020
TikTok pledges $10 million to Gavi for immunisation efforts in Africa
TikTok said it would donate US$10 million to Gavi for immunisation efforts in Africa; the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would match the contribution, bringing the total support to US$20 million.
2020
News24 apologizes for false vaccine story
News24 apologized to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and its readers after publishing a false story claiming Bill Gates wanted to test a vaccine in Africa, and said it had removed the article.
2020
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces participation in COVID-19 therapeutics accelerator
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced plans to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others in a COVID-19 therapeutics accelerator, including a planned $25 million donation to a research fund exploring possible treatments.
2019
Piramal Foundation and Gates Foundation announce Tribal Health Collaborative
Piramal Foundation announced the establishment of the Tribal Health Collaborative in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The collaborative is intended to focus on health and nutrition in high-burden and tribal districts in India; its launch was slated for early 2020.