Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

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2022 / 52min.

Rating7.5

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Synopsis

The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

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