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		</div><p>Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said his foundation will invest another $5bn in Africa over the next five years.</p>
<p>Mr Gates delivered the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture ahead of Mandela Day, when South Africans are encouraged to donate 67 minutes of their time to help others.</p>
<p>He is also in South Africa to attend a global Aids conference which starts on Monday.</p>
<p>Mr Gates said the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has already invested more than $9bn in Africa, with a major focus on health.</p>
<p>He warned that if the world does not come up with more creative ways to make HIV treatment and prevention accessible, &#8220;the hard-earned gains made against HIV in sub-Saharan Africa over the last 15 years could actually be reversed&#8221; as high birth rates continue.</p>
<p>He said Africa is the world&#8217;s youngest continent in terms of demographics. &#8220;By 2050, 40% of the world&#8217;s children will live on this continent,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Africa had made notable progress in fighting Aids, with Mr Gates noting that the last time South Africa hosted the global conference 16 years ago, only a few thousand Africans were on HIV drugs. At the time, the drugs were too expensive for many in the region hardest hit by the epidemic.</p>
<p>South Africa now says half of its infected population of 6.8 million people is being treated.</p>
<p>Mr Gates noted that Nelson Mandela fought stigma over the disease by announcing publicly the death of his son from Aids in 2005.</p>
<p>The philanthropist&#8217;s speech focused largely on youth and on how to achieve ambitious global development goals endorsed by countries last year.</p>
<p>In the only sharp words of his address, he said: &#8220;I get angry when I see that Africa is suffering the worst effects of climate change, although Africans had almost nothing to do with causing it.&#8221;</p>
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