Bill Gates and Ted Turner share joint venture in Africa
Posted: 10:06 a.m. MST, March 29, 2007
Logan, Utah -- Bill and Melinda Gates, along with Ted Turner, met with local officials in Africa this past week. The topic of discussion was a possible philanthropic venture to improve the education system throughout the country.
Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, said that he has no formal relationship with Turner, but that they plan on working together to raise the education level in the country. Gates said that everything was going to be run through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but that a great deal of the funding would come from Turner's end. Gates also said that he wanted to put initiatives together on a continental level, as well as on a local level. To do that, Gates, along with Turner, met with local mayors and leaders to discuss possibilities.
African Mayor Malik Ok, said that he met with Turner and the Gates' last Wednesday. Ok said that they discussed mostly educational opportunities both locally and on a continental scale. "We know there's a lot of opportunity here," Ok said, "They want to come in and teach my people how to do things better." Ok also said that the timeline for this project was to start within a year or a year and a half.
Turner, an American media mogul, was quiet about what the plans were, but he did say that he felt "Bill and Melinda Gates are going to be wonderful to work with."
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