Gates Foundation, OpenAI invest $50M to deploy AI health tools in 1,000 African clinics by 2028; aims to ease staff shortages, support workers with record-keeping and diagnostics amid concerns over accuracy, bias

Bill Gates and OpenAI back $50mn AI rollout in African health clinics

PublishedJanuary 21 2026Jump to comments sectionStay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.The Gates Foundation and OpenAI plan to invest $50mn to use AI to ease the impact of chronic staff shortages in 1,000 primary health clinics and surrounding communities in Rwanda and other African countries by 2028.The technology could be a “game-changer in expanding access to quality care” in poorer nations, Bill Gates said,...