A Gates Foundation-funded clinical trial found that a generative AI tool used by frontline clinicians in Kenya was safe and improved clinical decision-making, but did not significantly improve short-term patient outcomes. According to the researchers from the University of Birmingham, the study, published in Nature Medicine, is one of the first randomized controlled trials to […]
Kenyan cryptocurrency leaders are urging closer cooperation with government regulators to help shape the nation’s emerging digital-asset framework. A New Era of Formal Oversight Cryptocurrency industry leaders have urged deeper collaboration with government agencies as Kenya advances work on its first comprehensive digital-asset regulatory framework. Speaking at a recent Bitcoin conference in Nairobi, technology executives […]
General-purpose LLMs' success in medical tasks suggests a shift in AI tool preference, impacting future healthcare technology development and adoption.
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Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 has proposed new reporting obligations for crypto platforms and fresh taxes on digital payments as authorities move to expand tax collection powers across the financial sector. According to an analysis published by KPMG Kenya, the bill…
[PRESS RELEASE – Johannesburg, South Africa, May 18th, 2026] VALR, Africa’s leading digital asset infrastructure provider, served as diamond sponsor of the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference held in Nairobi on 14 and 15 May 2026. Peter Mwangi, VALR’s newly appointed Country Manager for Kenya, delivered a keynote address in which he outlined his vision […]
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Key Takeaways The Gates Foundation Trust liquidated all remaining Microsoft holdings — 7.7 million shares valued at approximately $3.2 billion — during Q1 2026. Just twelve months earlier, the Trust controlled 28.5 million MSFT shares valued at $10.7 billion, representing 26% of its total portfolio. This divestment aligns with the Foundation’s planned dissolution strategy and its requirement for liquid capital to support philanthropic initiatives. Bill Gates maintains personal ownership of 103 million Microsoft shares valued at approximately $43 billion. MSFT shares have declined 11% year-to-date, attracting buyers like Bill Ackman while TCI Fund liquidated most of its $8 billion position. The Gates Foundation Trust has completely divested from Microsoft. Following consistent position reduction throughout the previous year, the philanthropic organization liquidat
The post Anthropic and Gates Foundation commit $200 million to AI tools for health, education, and agriculture appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
According to Anthropic’s blog, the company and the Gates Foundation have announced a partnership worth $200 million to develop AI technologies for health care, education, and farming in countries that rarely see investments in commercial AI technologies. The funding will include grant money, Claude API credits, and technical assistance for four years. Elizabeth Kelly, who heads the Beneficial Deployments team at Anthropic, described it as “really core to who we are as a company.” The deal is four times larger than the $50 million partnership the Gates Foundation struck with OpenAI in January. That one targets 1,000 African clinics by 2028. Claude to support vaccine screening and disease forecasting Around 4.6 billion people worldwide lack access to essential health services, per the WHO. Anthropic and the Gates Foundation will equip researc
Tando's integration of Bitcoin with mobile money in Kenya could accelerate crypto adoption in emerging markets by simplifying user experience.
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has submitted Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 to Parliament, introducing mandatory annual reporting requirements for virtual asset service providers alongside the reintroduction of a 20% withholding tax on gambling winnings, closing both lanes of the standard crypto-offshore migration path for affected players in a single piece of legislation. Two Reform Lanes […]
