KoBold Metals  backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos  wants to acquire the permit held by Australia's AVZ Minerals...
	 
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	     Political ambitionsSeveral ministers are accused of using their positions to further political ambitions  including Health Minister Muhammed Ali Pate  who was recommended by Bill Gates and is eyeing the Bauchi governorship...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     KoBold is backed by high-profile United States billionaires  including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos  drawn by its promise of using artificial intelligence to identify the best metal deposits for electric vehicle battery manufacture more quickly...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Bill Gates  who immediately condemned Trump's decision to pull funding from the WHO  contributes 9...
	 
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	     This narrative also covers foreign funders of local non-governmental organisations which criticise the government  including billionaire philanthropists George Soros and Bill Gates...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The future of other US funding for international health programmes is understood to have been the subject of a private meeting between Trump and US philanthropist Bill Gates early last month...
	 
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	    As computer software billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates visited child health projects in Ghana on    26 March  controversy raged in Nigeria  where he had cancelled a similar trip on the following two days...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    Private foundations such as those run by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and financier George Soros can marshal funds in Africa to rival the aid budgets of agencies such as the United Nations and the World Bank...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
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	      Massive charities financed by philanthropists such as computer billionaire Bill Gates or currency trader George Soros have well established brands and foundations – and they keep giving  despite swings in the market...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	       Official aid flows to Africa are stagnating in real terms  but there has been a rapid growth in 'vertical funds' financed by private philanthropists such as US software magnate Bill Gates  investor guru Warren Buffet and former US President Bill Clinton's Foundation...