'When we think about poverty in rural areas, it used to be that the distances were insurmountable — today, there's no such thing.' Our CEO Michael Schlein speaks to Chetna Gala Sinha & Manu Chopra on digital solutions for rural economies. 

Stream here: globalinclusivegrowthsummit.com/summit/2024/

'If we want AI to work for rural women, we have to employ them. We believe very strongly that rural women in India are excellent builders of AI.' Karya's Manu Chopra on why it's critical not to leave rural women behind when building digital tools of the future.

Last year, the Gates Foundation spoke to >200K women in Kenya & Nigeria about their greatest economic ambition: to own a business.

A new foundation whitepaper explores the barriers women face in accessing capital & opening businesses—& offers solutions: gatesfoundation.org/ideas/articles…

Get ready for a thought-provoking discussion with Manu Chopra at the 2024 Global Inclusive Growth Summit this April 18!

#GlobalIGS · Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and its media partner, Devex

Global prosperity is impossible when half the population is left behind.

Increasing African women entrepreneurs’ access to capital should be a priority.

Melinda French Gates explains how capital ➡️ economic resilience in her new op-ed: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Thrilled to see this funding round open!

Returning home from a week in Microsoft Research lab in Bangalore. It was inspiring to see research spanning the gamut from trillion-scale vector search to enabling teachers in rural India harness LLMs to adapt curricula to their students' particular needs. microsoft.com/en-us/research…

Go KARYA Technologies !!
A big shout out to Vivek Seshadri, Manu Chopra and Safiya Husain!!!
And all of the #karya team and workers!

From a research idea to an impactful organization, great to see Karya come so far. Congrats Vivek Seshadri, Manu Chopra , kalikabali and to the entire team at Karya and MSR India !

Great to be in India this week meeting with changemakers like the team at Karya, who are doing the critical work of building high-quality datasets for AI—and expanding economic opportunity at the same time. news.microsoft.com/source/asia/fe…

Here’s to a 2024 filled with action on women’s health—and smashing the patriarchy!

Innovations like a simple plastic drape for postpartum hemorrhaging can make a big impact. With proper advocacy and funding, we will make genuine progress on gender equality.

Hey Trevor Mundel, what’s in the 🎒?

At #WEF24 , Trevor and I took a look at some exciting innovations—like vaccine patches and delivery drapes—that offer promising solutions to current health issues and inequities.

Start of a movement!!!

Super inspiring story of an alumna from a Delhi govt school program we at Udhyam Learning Foundation helped create - Divyanshi Chitransh!
Proud to see her entrepreneurial journey that also creates social impact

Exciting to see the network effects getting started youtube.com/watch?v=0al7VD…

Science x Social Experiments x Arts converge in our “Shaping Policy, Transforming Lives” exhibition as we celebrate J-PAL's 20 years!

Join us and explore stories of change, empowerment and hope we’ve collected through the years.

#JPALat20 #ShapingPolicy #TransformingLives

2023 was challenging in many regards—but it also had its bright spots.

This year, I got to see the work of many Gates Foundation partners in person and meet a lot of people working to improve the lives of women and girls around the 🌎.

Let's take a look back:

Thank you Nikhil
Writing 'Unboxing Bengaluru ' was a labor of love, a tribute to the city that's woven into our lives.
Bengaluru isn't just a tech capital or startup hub; it's a community of incredible souls shaping its uniqueness. It is a city with a heart