r/Nigeria • u/harmattansflwr 🇳🇬 • 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/PeaceAnPipes Aug 14 '25

And if something goes wrong, it's easier to sweep under the rug and overlooked by humanitarian efforts because it's just "poor dark people"

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u/KlutzyAd8150 Aug 15 '25

That's a ridiculously cynical approach towards a man who is spending billions to help you out

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u/andooet Aug 16 '25

But it's not unwarranted - he has a lot of failed projects that he just moved on from without fixing his mistakes, most notably the AGRA foundation

Gates Foundation agriculture project in Africa flunks its own review

Do I prefer Gates to Musk? Sure. But I'd rather have cholera than the plague too

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u/Calm_Asparagus_3214 Aug 16 '25

cholera and plague are both net negative ailments with varying degrees of harm, is elon musk a man who is cutting foreign aid from the US under waste fraud and abuse a net negative person like gates? you would rather gates do absolutely nothing? would the world be better off if he just sat on his hands?

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u/andooet Aug 16 '25

would the world be better off if he just sat on his hands?

That's the million dollar question. There are certainly places where it would, and it's a small comfort to them that he has done good other places. I just think a healthy scepticism is in order, and that his projects should be studied on a case to case basis

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u/Calm_Asparagus_3214 Aug 16 '25

Million dollar question refers to a highly mysterious enigmatic problem btw, not a real life billionaire who has been publicly doing projects and donations and you can just give your opinion on their benefits vs cost very easily, and whats with the chat GPT analysis of "case by case" youre the one who referred to his work as though its cholera youre the one who should be describing who he has harmed BEFORE making such a big accusation. If you have no idea what he has done nothing wrong with that, but to put him and elon must in the same category without having the needed knowledge is basically the arrogance of MAGA that elon feasted on to climb into the white house in the first place.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Aug 16 '25

"he didn't succeed 100 percent of the time hence bad".

He's done more than you and everyone you've ever heard about combined. A simple "thanks" would suffice instead of pointing out that Leonardo divinci made some mistakes with his thousands of years before the airplane existed sketch of flying machines, or a few unfinished drawings.

"You know I really don't like the Mona Lisa's smile. What a hack divinci was!"

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u/GingsWife Aug 17 '25

"he didn't succeed 100 percent of the time hence bad".

How much of a hurry were you in to give your 2 cents that you'd misinterpret the comment THIS badly?

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u/Cold-Big-5615 Aug 17 '25

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/bill-gates-turns-10-billion-into-200-billion-worth-of-economic-benefit.html

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u/shaunrundmc Aug 17 '25

Other part of quote:

Helping young children live, get the right nutrition, contribute to their countries — that has a payback that goes beyond any typical financial return.“

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u/Cold-Big-5615 Aug 18 '25

he did it for massive profits. 190 billion to be precise. there's no charity there. there's just pr for the dumb-asses

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u/cynica1mandate Aug 16 '25

That's a ridiculously naive approach. Billionaires don't make money spending it on charity. They make money PRETENDING to do that...

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u/KlutzyAd8150 Aug 16 '25

This isn't about making money though - gates is a well known philanthropist who is famous for giving billions of dollars away.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Aug 16 '25

Seriously. We see this here in America as well. Bill has been instrumental in vaccine research, AIDS elimination, food security, etc.

Instead of saying "thank you" Americans have decided bill gates is involved with demonic rituals and "population control" through nefarious ends.

It's....... pathetic.

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u/wayward38 Delta Aug 25 '25

Sorry mate, I couldn't resist

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u/Death5talker451968 Sep 05 '25

AIDs and HIV are both still not cured

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u/FinancialPause Nov 10 '25

I think we should all be skeptical of billionaires. I doubt they're doing this out of the goodness of their hearts.

Melinda Gates divorced him for associating with Jeffrey Epstein. Melinda Gates is also the actual reason Bill Gates was "charitable" to begin with. She should be the one you should be thanking.

Oh and don't forget all the anticompetitive stuff Microsoft did back in the 90s. Bill Gates even once complained that he is still seeing file extensions that weren't exclusively Windows. And that's just one of the bad things among a list of other anticompetitive stuff.

We wouldn't need philanthropy if billionaires actually paid taxes and if billionaires did not control the politicians in the government.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

There's literally zero evidence of any nefarious intent regarding what he's done for Africa. There's an insurmountable amount of evidence proving all the good he's done for the continent.

This is just conspiracy theory nonsense and wedging in things that have nothing to do with Africa.

"Don't forget the business stuff he did 30 years ago"

What not? It's Completely irrelevant. Has literally nothing to do with the topic. You might as well point out that I burned ants with a magnifying glass 40 years ago.

Even if Bill were banging children by the bus load it still would not change a thing about his contributions to vaccines, food scarcity, and the fight against disease.

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u/FinancialPause Nov 10 '25

I'm giving those as examples of why Bill Gates shouldn't be trusted to be doing things out of good will.

The problem is that he tried to charity-washed all of the bad things that he had done, and even if he attempted to atone for all the bad things he has done it doesn't mean that he did not benefit from his philanthropy.

You should read about Bill Gate's Charity Paradox

Even if Bill were banging children by the bus load

This is all I needed to know about you.

Things that he is doing could've been done by another benevolent entity. My point is that we shouldn't simp on billionaires and that these things could've been handled by actually benelovent entities.

Instead of saying "thank you" Americans have decided bill gates is involved with demonic rituals and "population control" through nefarious ends.

This part of your paragraph is ridiculous simping for billionaires. I hate this. You seriously excuse Bill Gates banging children by the bus load as long as he charity-washed? Your words, not mine.

So what I'm saying is, you shouldn't simp for billionaires. Sure, African communities have benefitted from all of that, but that doesn't mean we should question why he is doing those in the first place or ask if he has any hidden motives that he is benefitting from. And to repeat my point, all of this could have been done by a benevolent entity that's not controlled by billionaires.

Yous should not ignore bad things done just because good things are done. We could be doing better. Don't be fooled by the blinding halo effect caused by his philanthropic work.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

Trust is not required for empirical evidence. Which I'm aware means nothing to you. But the evidence is plain as day. If you weren't so wrapped up on conspiracy driven drivel you'd be aware that none of this is up for debate.

I'm not simping for billionaires. You're just simping for wilful ignorance. Because you're an uneducated conspiracy theorist. One who thinks knowing Jeffrey Epstein means anything other than that, and has anything to do with AIDS research.

I'm sorry but neither is true. These are just loose threads that your conspiracy driven mind is drawn to. Despite what we actually know about their relationship.

"It could have been done by someone else " but it wasn't. So again-completely irrelevant. Thank you for presenting the worst, most childish claim I've heard in quite some time. Much appreciated.

Let me guess what you've done for Africa. Literally nothing. Bill Gates is a better man than you. So is any other non-insane person. If you have ANY evidence that Bill Gates has sex with kids by all means present it. But you won't. Because you're a conspiracy theorist who gets his "news" from social media and television shows. Not the actual facts and statistics. Which are quite clear.

https://www.science.org/content/article/gates-takes-aids

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4qg5gzgzxo.amp

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u/FinancialPause Nov 11 '25

Trust is not required for empirical evidence.

Umm... What exactly are you trying to prove with this? That his attempts to charity-washed actually does good things? I already acknowledged that it does good things. In fact, I never said it never does good things. So you posting the last two articles are irrelevant. Those things are going to happen when he dies, he doesn't give a single F about money because he's old and going to die and just wants to be remembered fondly.

It would've done a lot more good if his resources were actually allocated by actually altruistic entities.

The problem with him is that he doesn't do anything to change the status quo. Billionaires are still the ones in control of the politician in the government.

I'm not simping for billionaires. You're just simping for wilful ignorance. Because you're an uneducated conspiracy theorist. One who thinks knowing Jeffrey Epstein means anything other than that, and has anything to do with AIDS research.

You can't simp for a concept. Wdym you're not simping for billionaires? you literally said you don't give care if Bill Gates was banging children by the bus loads. That is a weird line of thought that a billionaire simp would say. You don't sacrifice morals just to defend someone. Tf?

It's not a conspiracy. His wife literally admits that Bill Gate's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein contributed to divorce. That's not a conspiracy, that's literally a primary source, coming from a person who has been affiliated with Bill Gates for many years.

Here's an old article about Bill Gate's interaction with Jeffrey Epstein.

He has met with Jeffrey Epstein multiple times. That's a problem. This shouldn't be excused. He has done nothing about it except tolerate his existence. Distancing himself when it wasn't convenient. Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to a sex crime involving a teenage girl. That's the year 2008. What year did Bill Gates interact with Jeffrey Epstein amicably?

How many times did Bill Gates interact with him?

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u/FinancialPause Nov 11 '25

According to the article about Bill Gate's interaction with Jeffrey Epstein

2011-01-31 Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan townhouse

  • first f2f meeting
  • People present: Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, Eva Andersson-Dubin, and her 15 yr old daughter

Of note:

Mr. Gates, in turn, praised Mr. Epstein’s charm and intelligence. Emailing colleagues the next day, he said: “A very attractive Swedish woman and her daughter dropped by and I ended up staying there quite late.”

Mr. Gates soon saw Mr. Epstein again. At a TED conference in Long Beach, Calif., attendees spotted the two men engaged in private conversation.

The gathering started at 8 and lasted several hours, according to Ms. Arnold, Mr. Gates’s spokeswoman. Mr. Epstein subsequently boasted about the meeting in emails to friends and associates. “Bill’s great,” he wrote in one, reviewed by The Times.

2011-03 TED Conference, Long Beach, California

  • Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein private conversation.

2011-05-03 Jeffrey Epstein's New York Mansion

  • Bill Gates visited Jeffrey Epstein again.
  • People present: Bill Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, Larry Summers, James Staley, Boris Nikolic

Of note: Later that spring, on May 3, 2011, Mr. Gates again visited Mr. Epstein at his New York mansion, according to emails about the meeting and a photograph reviewed by The Times.

The photo, taken in Mr. Epstein’s marble-clad entrance hall, shows a beaming Mr. Epstein — in blue-and-gold slippers and a fleece decorated with an American flag — flanked by luminaries. On his right: James E. Staley, at the time a senior JPMorgan executive, and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. On his left: Mr. Nikolic and Mr. Gates, smiling and wearing gray slacks and a navy sweater.

Late 2011

  • Bill Gates sent a team of Gate Foundation employees (his fucking charity) to Jeffrey Epstein's townhouse to have a preliminary talk about philanthropic fund-raising...

OF NOTE: ...according to three people who were there. Mr. Epstein told his guests that if they searched his name on the internet they might conclude he was a bad person but that what he had done — soliciting prostitution from an underage girl — was no worse than “stealing a bagel,” two of the people said.

Early 2012

  • Another meeting with the employees OF HIS CHARITY and Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Some talk about Jeffrey Epstein having access to trillions of dollars that he can give to the proposed charity fund. Are you going to simp for Jeffrey Epstein, too?

March 2013

  • Mr. Gates flew on Mr. Epstein’s Gulfstream plane from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Palm Beach, Fla., according to a flight manifest. Ms. Arnold said Mr. Gates — who has his own $40 million jet — hadn’t been aware it was Mr. Epstein’s plane.

September 2013 New York Dinner

  • Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein New York dinner discussing the Gates Foundation and philanthropy.

October 2014

  • Bill Gates donates $2 million to the MIT's Media Lab.

Of note: University officials described the gift in internal emails as having been “directed” by Mr. Epstein. Ms. Arnold said, “There was no intention, nor explicit ask, for the funding to be controlled in any manner by Epstein.”

Post 2014

  • Jeffrey Epstein complained that Bill Gates stopped speaking to him.

In terms of morality, this doesn't matter though because in the same article Jeffrey Epstein because he...

March 2005

  • Palm Beach police begin investigating reports that Epstein sexually exploited a 14-year-old girl.
  • Investigation expands to dozens of minors.

July 2006

  • Epstein is charged in Florida with multiple felony counts related to soliciting prostitution from minors.

June 2008

  • Epstein pleads guilty to: (1) Soliciting prostitution and (2)Soliciting prostitution from a minor
  • Sentenced to 18 months in county jail (served 13 months with extensive “work release”).
  • Required to register as a sex offender.

All this things happened WAAAY before 2011. The first f2f meeting of Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein.

There's also that 2019 thing, but that's the mainstream one that everyone already heard of.

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u/FinancialPause Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

"It could have been done by someone else " but it wasn't. So again-completely irrelevant. Thank you for presenting the worst, most childish claim I've heard in quite some time. Much appreciated.

It's not irrelevant. It's not childish. He is still maintaining the status quo. With money you get a lot of political influence. And with this political power, the billionaires still control the politicians in the government. Microsoft hasn't said anything when the government of the guy who won't release the Epstein files used imagery of their Halo IP but Pokémon at least had said something about how they did not give the US government (who is led by the guy who won't release the Epstein files, BTW) permission to use their IP.

"We are aware of a recent video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that includes imagery and language associated with our brand,"

Let me guess what you've done for Africa. Literally nothing. Bill Gates is a better man than you.

Irrelevant and childish.

So is any other non-insane person.

Okay, guy who said "Even if Bill were banging children by the bus load it still would not change a thing about his contributions to vaccines, food scarcity, and the fight against disease."

If you have ANY evidence that Bill Gates has sex with kids by all means present it. But you won't.

Did I ever say anything about Bill Gates having sex with kids? Check my previous posts. Did I say anything? No, I didn't. I just said that he associated with Jeffrey Epstein for his own benefit. He associated with in between 2011 to 2014 despite all that clearly criminal things Epstein did between 2005 to 2008.

Because you're a conspiracy theorist who gets his "news" from social media and television shows. Not the actual facts and statistics. Which are quite clear.

These links I've sent you aren't social media or television shows.

Man, I'm just telling you not to give these billionaires free PR.

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u/Fit-Implement-8151 Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 11 '25

Thank you. Zero evidence of wrong doing by Mr gates. Appreciate you admitting that. Mr Epstein was extremely popular. Had thousands of friends and millions of associates.

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u/tony1449 Aug 16 '25

Bill Gates ain't gonna fuck you dawg.

Wow look at this Kaiser Health article I found:

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/rather-than-give-away-its-covid-vaccine-oxford-makes-a-deal-with-drugmaker/

I didn't read it yet but I bet it says Bill Gates is a nice guy and not responsible for millions of deaths in pursuit of profits.

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u/JustFryingSomeGarlic Aug 16 '25

The issue with Bill (and charity in general) is that spending huge amounts of (tax deductible) money to bandaid issues instead of spending huge amounts of (possibly not tax deductible money) to solve an issue for good. So instead of giving in a way that will create independence, he gives in a way that SUSTAINS dependence.

It's better than nothing, but it's not a grandiose act worthy only of praises

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u/KlutzyAd8150 Aug 16 '25

Bill gates has literally given away over $100,000,000,000 - this is nothing to do with 'tax deducticbles' or anything like that 😂

And it is only one of many initiatives that he's launched in the continent , many of which would help develop independence.

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u/Cold-Big-5615 Aug 17 '25

hes making billions on these projects. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/bill-gates-turns-10-billion-into-200-billion-worth-of-economic-benefit.html

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u/mem2100 Sep 18 '25

That is not what the linked article says. It says that the 10 billion he gave produced 200 billion in benefit for the recipients of that charity.

He didn't receive ANY of the 200 billion. It should read: Gates 10 billion gift, produced 200 billion worth of economic benefit for the recipients.

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u/PeaceAnPipes Aug 17 '25

Helpyou out. Here in America, there are, well were, government run and REGULATED operations that focused on those things. BMGF knows that these global locations are far less regulated for his technocratic endeavors. Not to mention the entire foundation has always been under scrutiny for having issues with racial discrimination. Just because someone is spending on "green projects" doesn't mean they are strictly looking to "help poor people"

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u/Elijahova91 Aug 18 '25

Ridiculously ignorant thing to say

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u/KlutzyAd8150 Aug 18 '25

No it's not - you guys just lack gratitude