Mar 03 2020
Our regional office in Africa ensures integration and execution of our food, energy, and health strategies while catalyzing investments for Africa’s climate leadership
Feb 10 2020
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In January, The Rockefeller Foundation’s Food Initiative launched the Komesha Fruit Fly Campaign, a partnership with the Government of Kenya, USAID, Research Triangle Institute and others to support fruit fly …
Dec 03 2019
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All On and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch All On Hub to Support Off-Grid Entrepreneurs in Nigeria 
$3.5 million grant from The Rockefeller Foundation will fund establishment of support facility for energy entrepreneurs in Nigeria All On Hub will create a pipeline of scalable, investable and sustainable off-grid …
Dec 02 2019
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Despite their exclusion from mainstream conferences and gatherings, artificial intelligence and machine learning communities in Africa are growing and focusing on some of the continent’s most pressing issues. In August 2019, …
Nov 28 2019
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Last month, I had the honor of attending the Conference on Food Waste and Loss Reduction, hosted at the Vatican by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences along with The Rockefeller …
Oct 14 2019
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More than 1.1 billion people around the world—including 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa—lack access to reliable electricity. This means that businesses must shut down when the sun sets, children …
Aug 26 2019
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This week more than 700 machine learning researchers from over 30 African countries will come together at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya for the third annual Deep Learning Indaba. On paper …
Aug 08 2019
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This is a photo series from my recent trip to Central and Eastern Kenya, where I visited mango farmers who benefit from the YieldWise Initiative, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. …
Jul 30 2019
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In May, Africa’s top digital leaders and donors converged in Kigali to attend the 2019 Transform Africa Summit—one of the continent’s premier convenings to discuss accelerating digital transformation in the …
Jul 26 2019
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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have plagued humans for thousands of years. Thanks in large part to the availability of drugs that were created in recent decades, we now have a …