Tom Powell 
AS one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates has a lot on his hands.
And yet he has still found time to support a cutting-edge research centre in the Axarquia, which is investigating the whitefly epidemic in Africa killing crops.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated a €300,000 grant to the project at the Mayora centre in Algarrobo.
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