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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings donates $1.1bn to charity
Tech

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings donates $1.1bn to charity

Netflix’s co-founder and executive chair, Reed Hastings, has made a remarkable philanthropic move by donating 2 million Netflix shares, valued at over $1.1 billion at the current market price, to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in Mountain View, California. This substantial donation, representing around 40% of Hastings’ Netflix holdings, was disclosed in a recent Securities […]

Rotary donates $14m grant to end polio in Nigeria
Business

Rotary donates $14m grant to end polio in Nigeria

The World Health Organization on Thursday, applauded the Rotary International’s new financing pledge to support Nigeria’s efforts to eradicate all kinds of polioviruses, particularly Circulating Variant Poliovirus (cVPV2). Vanguard reported that the new award, totaling $14, 037, 787, would allow WHO to give technical assistance to the Nigerian government on polio surveillance in order to prevent the […]