The Conversation Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems 6 min 3 By Dana McKay
CALLING IT QUITS Melinda French Gates exits foundation with $12.5bn for ‘next chapter of my philanthropy’ 2 min 0 By Bloomberg
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR As the holiday season approaches, enjoy our dollops of brain-nourishing food for thought 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
$550-MILLION STUDY South Africa included in Gates-led clinical trial of new TB vaccine hailed as potential game-changer 5 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
AI POTENTIAL OP-ED A prime time to prompt — how the lingua franca of artificial intelligence could speak to Africa’s future 5 min 2 By Clinton Rautenbach and Kevin Durrheim
PHILANTHROPY Gates Foundation commits $7bn to fight hunger, disease, gender inequality and poverty in Africa 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
TECHNOLOGY TOOLS High-tech ‘agri-box’ will help Africa’s crop farmers tackle climate crisis challenges 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
THE FUTURE OF PROGESS Global gender equality only by 2108, says sixth annual Goalkeepers Report projection 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GUEST ESSAY Blockchain’s implications may not yet be clear, but its impact will be inestimable 4 min 0 By Steven Boykey Sidley
OUR BURNING PLANET SOLUTIONS Startup funded by Bill Gates and Anglo American has a cheaper way to suck carbon from the air 4 min 0 By Akshat Rathi for Bloomberg
PREVENTING THE NEXT OUTBREAK Bill Gates calls for global response team to tackle future pandemics 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Integrating palliative care How palliative care helped Uganda’s seriously ill children when the Covid-19 pandemic struck 1 min 0 By Nicky GunnClark, Emmanuel Kamonyo and Desia Colgan
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE Canada vaccine protests widen; South Africa registers 2,824 new cases 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
Maverick Citizen Covid-19 pandemic the most dramatic setback to global sustainable development ‘in at least a generation’ 9 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
FOOD JUSTICE: OP-ED African faith communities: ‘Industrial agriculture is no solution for Africa’ 3 min 2 By Francesca de Gasparis and Gabriel Manyangadze
OP-ED Leave no child behind: Lessons learnt so far from Covid-19 on future-proofing education 5 min 0 By Leon Roets
