Business Extra: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the future of ageing

This week’s podcast looks at how the foundation of billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda has affected thousands along with topics discussed at Milken Institute’s Middle East and Africa Summit, including the future of ageing

Bill and Melinda Gates have spent tens of billions of dollars over two decades to support efforts to improve global health, education, gender equality and fight climate change. They say the experience has made them optimists.

This week, host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, are at the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit. We also hear from Nora Super, senior director of the Milken Institute Centre, who talks to us about the future of ageing.

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