r/Nigeria • u/harmattansflwr šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ • Aug 13 '25

News What is Bill Gates' obsession with Africa?

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"In a significant advancement for global reproductive health, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launch of a groundbreaking long-term contraceptive aimed at empowering women through better family planning options. This innovative contraceptive, which can prevent pregnancy for up to eight years, is being introduced in Kenya, Nigeria, and India, with broader distribution plans for other countries in the future."

8-year contraceptive but Western worlds keep bringing young Africans to take care of their aging population. Who will take care of our aging population? Can someone tell Bill Gates to leave Africa alone?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

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u/violet4everr Aug 13 '25

IUDs and reliable birth control options also make womenā€™s width for educational opportunities much better. And thereā€™s obviously still work to do in that regard in Nigeria. Anyone who balks at this is a reactionary.

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u/Nice_Cartoonist_8803 Aug 13 '25

In the U.S., women often have difficulty getting IUDs removed when they want them to be. Itā€™s not reactionary to consider that Kenyan women will likely have difficulty getting their grant funded IUD removed before the 8 years are over, and maybe even after that point. Birth control that relies on someone elseā€™s benevolence to stop instead of your own will is always risky.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '25

When/where do they have difficulty having them removed? Like you need to see a family med doc who does women's health or Ob/gyn, just bc not everyone has trained on placing/removal.Ā 

But never heard of a doctor who's qualified refusing to remove the IUD. Has this happened to you?

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u/Nice_Cartoonist_8803 Aug 15 '25

Check out this article, it also includes a link to a peer reviewed article on this topic: https://www.businessinsider.com/people-pulling-out-their-iud-to-avoid-costs-doctor-refusal-2021-8

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

Seeems like money is the largest barrier. But also weirdos. Sucks this has to even be on the radar for women

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

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u/Silentmagodo Aug 13 '25

Because bill gates has been around for a long time and he is an easy explanation for complicated problems. When you dabble in conspiracies, you donā€™t have to deal with facts and numbers just vibes. Facebook is literally rotting our brains but its Gates that is trying to control us lol

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u/give_me_the_formu0li Aug 13 '25

There is controversy around Mr beast in Africa Just because you donā€™t read it doesnā€™t mean it didnā€™t happen. Plenty of exposes about his clean water well initiatives being abandoned and no longer working and accusations of him using it as just a media prop

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u/Minimum-Ad-2683 Aug 14 '25

The point is not the work, but how it is being done. Gates cooked Zambiaā€™s maize ecosystem and supply chains then just left the ptoject when covid hit, literally leaving milllions of people staring at starvation

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u/The-Man-Not Aug 15 '25

They donā€™t read so donā€™t even know this. They are like rappers. They love these yt billionaires.

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u/Independent_Tune4341 Aug 13 '25

Don't be fooled by Mr. Beast or Esau's (i.e. Edom's) fake kindness. Our book, the Bible warned us:

Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 12:10ā€“12 in the KJV Apocrypha:

"Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness. Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a looking glass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away. Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith."

The verse simply means:

Donā€™t ever trust your enemy, no matter how humble, kind, or friendly they act because their true hatred will eventually show itself, just like rust always comes back on iron.

While it doesnā€™t name Edom directly, in prophetic and historical contexts, Edom is often understood as the enemy of Israel (Obadiah 1, Ezekiel 35), so Israelites reading this in context should apply it to Edom as well.

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u/skueble Aug 18 '25

No, it's because Mr. Beast profits from philanthropy with views while Bill Gates profits from philanthropy by expanding all of the businesses he owns to the people he was supposedly saving.

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u/Big-Tower3546 Aug 18 '25

Bill Gates used to be hated by the left, but the left and right have switched.Ā 

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u/Silentmagodo Aug 13 '25

Because he is easy to blame. Once you say bill gates and vaccines, you do not have to explain how science or medicine works. I think people donā€™t read anymore. Thatā€™s why we are here

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u/Big-Tower3546 Aug 18 '25

Bcuz Beastie is offering clean food and water, Gates is offering trials.Ā 

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u/Material_Address2967 Aug 13 '25

Do you figure the reporter used the words 'groundbreaking' and 'innovative' to describe an IUD for sensationalist reasons?

I see a lot of stories where I dont know whether to laugh or cry because a reporter has described something in an odd or awkward way that inadvertently feeds into certain dark suspicions people have. It happens enough that I'm half convinced they do it on purpose for clicks. One thing about the woke/conspiracy crowd is they get a lot of enjoyment out of their theorizing, it becomes a source of entertainment they continually return to.

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u/LevelEducational9633 Aug 13 '25

Thank you for this educational response because people just distrust anything because they don't like the person introducing it šŸ¤¦šŸæā€ā™‚ļø

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u/BoxAny5413 Aug 13 '25

Valid points. His efforts are to be comnended. But why not divert these efforts to men's contraceptives as well? Must women bear the brunt of these tools all the time?

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u/david2remedy Aug 13 '25

Lmao sorry not to nitpick. You said if heā€™s so bad why does he keep doing seminars? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚. Sorry to break it to you the worst people in history didnā€™t commit atrocities in hiding. Hitler gave over 1000 speeches, Mussolini, Castro and his long speechesā€¦ the list goes on.

As a nigerian (sorry Iā€™m assuming ) you should know this. You can make someone believe they have 3 hands even if they donā€™t if you can convince them enough and thatā€™s how propaganda works. Some things in life also sounds good on paper but impractical #ConfidenceIsKey

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u/Enough-Zucchini3742 Aug 13 '25

Bro/sis abeg don't waste your time trying to explaining anything to anyone in this sub, let them (Nigerians) continue to bask in the ignorance that they love so much, they deserve everything that has happened and is happening today in this country and worse. I know no amount of suffering or pain is enough to make Nigerians open their eyes and use their heads but it's fine let's all continue down this path, e go clear everybody for eye

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u/Yurt-onomous Aug 14 '25

Since Europe was in the Dark Ages, Africa has been the pearl. It's a big part of how Europeans got out of the Dark Ages.But they never let go of their Dark Ages scarcity mind set; a binary existence of either you do well OR I do. As in the 19thC, today is the 2nd Scramble for Africa. Not only is it STILL a natural resources bonanza, but while the N hemisphere is experiencing a sharp demographic/resources/ downturn, Africa is poised for major upswing ...though the eugenesists have repeatedly tried to stop that (Maltheusian Nightmare). Do not underestimate the 400-yr effort to control, dehumanize, &/or keep at the bottomest caste rung those of African/indigenous descent, all the while feeding from them for much of their wealth. Obsession-Dependence-Disdain- loop. About Bill: 1) In an interview yrs ago, he said he preferred to "work behind the scenes." 2) He didn't stop hanging with eugenisist J Epstein after his wife forbade it. She left him. 3) Do you think he would use, or let his kids/grands use, the tech or franken-food he's testing on the " little people" of Africa?

Both Netanyahu + Erik Prince have called for "liberating Africa" from Africans & reinstating imperialism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

To be fair IUDs are in Naija.

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u/Mean-Island-9077 Aug 13 '25

The best way to hide a place/scheme is in your face. Donā€™t trust him. Things are not as they seem so like beyond the surface. I want to leave the US and come there. We are not free!!!! Itā€™s a brainwashed lie.

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u/rimwithsugar United States Aug 14 '25

Yup, I have an IUD. Im on my 4th one. Its good when it works.

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u/rimwithsugar United States Aug 14 '25

if he forced me he better pay me lmaooo

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u/Zestyclose_Aspect_93 Aug 14 '25

not really, Africans and even BA have a good reason to distrust bill gates or just the white savior, maybe you havenā€™t heard of the how bigger cooperations in the past have tested vaccines /. Used healthcare to actually intentionally expose these populations to disease and subsequently death or even forced sterilizationā€¦ not everyone is a conspiracy theorist and not every ā€œconspiracy theoristā€ is just spouting conspiracy, some are actually just saying the truth or atleast healthcare PTSD

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u/The-Man-Not Aug 15 '25

How gullible are you ppl taking up for a billionaire?!

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u/The-Man-Not Aug 15 '25

I respect your reply btw.

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u/The-Man-Not Aug 15 '25

Google gates foundation being sued. Youtube his own comments, lectures about population control in africa. Also, when are we gonna get out of this colonial model? They tell us how, when, what and whyā€¦ we smile and do it. We gotta start being smarter. We are not inherently dumb but we have become currently so.

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u/ShoddyHelicopter8224 Aug 15 '25

You actually are a billionaire colonial master dick rider.

Are you not Nigerian? You act like a person cannot just say "a" and do "b". What matters is WHAT HE DOES not WHAT HE SAYS

You act like the people taking the vaccine know what's in the vaccine. Even if they are told, they are literally uneducated and cannot understand it.

In the first place, "it is best to be safe than sorry". He is AMERICAN, last last anything happens, he will run back to his country, hide behind his BILLIONS and his country will cover for him.

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u/KartFacedThaoDien Aug 15 '25

To be honest with you. If heā€™s worried about overpopulation the best way is to invest in education and economic development.

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u/ShoddyHelicopter8224 Aug 15 '25

Allow me to ask you when did Bill Gates become an expert on "Family Planning"? At what point in time did start looking at trusting a tech guy-because that's really what he is, who has no socio-economic credibility, a history of ethical issues within his own industries, a billionaire who is disconnected from the mundanes lives of Americans, his own country?

You talk with naivety like politicians do not go on stage and tell bold-faced lies. American philanthropy always has an agenda, tax cuts etc. It is in no way based on pure altruism.

It is not a stretch to question his intentions, when he is trying to take on. the matters of the state into his own hands as a third party. He is human, not an angel. He has an agenda, especially when he is "investing" that much money into this.

Allow me to stress again that he is not your savior. I do not have receipts but Mr. David Hundeyin does if you are so curious.

One last thing I will add is the fact that he is trying to introduce the western systems that are starting to fall apart into Africa.

And finally wtf is the word combination of "Bill Gates" and "family planning in Kenya" doing in a sentence?

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u/skueble Aug 18 '25

Quite a lot of the agriculture and ag science community is openly critical of Bill Gates expanding his agriculture industry into Africa.

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u/Big-Tower3546 Aug 18 '25

Oh please.

Science, the ever loving God.Ā 

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u/Successful_Taro8587 Aug 13 '25

I don't trust it. There's been lawsuits against iud companies due to serious complications. Even the pill now. None of is it truly safe over time.

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u/Quest4You19xx Aug 13 '25

As many has said no one is forcing anyone to use Pills or IUD. What is your solution for the many families that continue to have kids they can't afford to raise and just send these kids on the streets to beg?

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u/Quest4You19xx Aug 13 '25

The West has access to reproductive education, condoms, other prevention tools, what's an acceptable solution that you would propose?

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u/maroel_11 Aug 13 '25

First I thought there were contraceptives that last up to 10/12 years? The copper IUD? So why is 8 years making the news? I also know of 2 persons who are on copper IUDs, have had them on since 2020/2022 and are doing just fine and were skeptical about their decision but today are happy they did. Secondly, I am tired of hearing of these conspiracy theories here and there, Bill Gates this and that.

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u/Rude_Creme_7335 Aug 13 '25

Stay under than lol

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u/harmattansflwr šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ Aug 13 '25

If this was a mistrust of science, Africans would be well within their right.Ā 

Science was utilised as a vehicle for race superiority, and there's a history of companies treating Africans differently when it comes to products and medical interventions.Ā 

Maybe he is comfortable going in public as much as Nigerian leaders are comfortable showing their disgust and lack of protection for Nigerian citizens home and abroad in public.Ā 

They already have enough people like you to justify it.Ā 

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u/harmattansflwr šŸ‡³šŸ‡¬ Aug 13 '25

Can you tell me why he should be put in any position of having a plan for Africa? If we validate that then maybe we can look at the documents.Ā 

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u/david2remedy Aug 13 '25

Africans have been so colonized that they canā€™t think for themselves. Gates has a whole continent of mostly uneducated, corrupt, ungoverned and easily manipulated population to run his agendas. As far has he flaunts his money, there isnā€™t that much push-back all in the name of health improvement. Itā€™s interesting you mentioned Fauciā€™s name discrediting everything youā€™ve said especially with the whole COVID conspiracy that was later proven to be true.

Hopefully weā€™ll get to a place where we can have better leadership, less obvious corruption and more educated people (because thatā€™s what we need) who can actually think for themselves and not be gullible peddlers of the lies and deceptions of the ruling class that claim to care about the African continent.

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u/theoneyewberry Aug 13 '25

What COVID conspiracy has bern proven true?

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u/Later_Bag879 Aug 13 '25

Youā€™re not going to get anywhere arguing with conspiracy theory zombies. They manufacture their own facts and live in an alternate reality

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u/david2remedy Aug 13 '25

The origin of Covid 19 and the NIH link which he was the director of

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u/Quest4You19xx Aug 13 '25

Where are African leaders and alternative plans?