Updated: 19:41 ET, May 3 2021
BILL Gates is one of the richest men who has ever lived and regularly features high on the list of the world s wealthiest individuals.
But how much is the Microsoft co-founder worth and is he the richest man in the world? Here s what we know.
Read our Bill Gates live blog below for the very latest news and updates. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975
Who is Bill Gates?
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft.
In 2000, he and his then-wife Melinda Gates worked together to form the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world with an endowment of $50billion.
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Goma and Bukavu have seen rapid urban growth over the past fifteen years as a consequence of conflict in rural areas driving people towards perceived safe havens in urban centres. However, in both cities the availability of clean water and sanitation facilities have not kept pace with the increase in demand as a consequence of a multitude of factors including lack of investment, poor management of existing infrastructure, restrictive legislative codes on management of the market, and poor hygiene practices. Cumulatively as a result; water borne diseases such as diarrhoea are rampant – leading to high incidences of child mortality. The cost of easily accessible potable water remains prohibitively high for most families – and women and girls continue to suffer from sexual harassment or assault when travelling long distances to collect it, in addition to missing out on education and economic opportunities.
Four communities benefit from the ongoing Sierra Leone mini-grid project
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Four communities namely Baoma Koya, Sumbuya, Gorahun, and Gegbwema have benefited from the ongoing Sierra Leone mini-grid project, following the completion and commissioning of solar mini-grids by PowerGen Renewable Energy, a micro-grid developer, implementer, and operator in East and West Africa, reshaping the prevailing rural electrification model in the region.
These installations consist of solar panels, inverters, and battery storage systems, and they are capable of delivering a total of 150 kWp. The microgrid developer has also set up small distribution networks that will provide 853 new connections to clean energy systems.
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Vietnam stands side by side with India in COVID-19 fight: leaders
Vietnam always stands side by side with India in the fight against COVID-19, the Vietnamese leaders affirmed on April 28.
In their messages of sympathy sent to their Indian counterparts Ram Nath Kovind and Narendra Modi, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said they share difficulties faced by the Indian people in the fierce battle against COVID-19 in the context that the pandemic is developing complicatedly around the world.
Africans contribute least to climate crisis but suffer the most
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The UK creates clean energy systems at home, while shackling poorer nations with dirty fossil fuels – now is the time for rich countries to support Africa’s clean energy transition, writes Mohamed Adowhis week the UK pledged to cut its emissions by 78 per cent by 2035. Crucially, it included the polluting industries of shipping and aviation in its sixth carbon budget. But setting targets is much easier than meeting them and currently the UK is not on track to meet its fifth carbon budget.
While some progress is being made at home to usher in a green, clean future for Britain, those of us overseas are keen to see the hosts of this year’s Cop26 climate summit using their international leadership role to encourage this clean energy revolution elsewhere too.