PREDICTIONS OF BILL GATES

Bill Gates has been proved right in his predictions about world affairs, social changes, and technological advances several times before. What does he think will happen in the next twenty years?
1. AFRICA WILL BECOME ENTIRELY SELF-SUFFICIENT IN TERMS OF FOOD PRODUCTION. He believes Africa will achieve the goal due to a number of structural changes: First, better fertilizers and crops will make greater nutrition possible. Second, developments in infrastructure will take place, such as Ghana increasing the width of highways connecting production zones to distribution zones. Third, as phones become more widespread, this will allow the communication of information such as weather reports and market prices.
2. COUNTLESS JOBS WILL BE LOST TO AUTOMATION. In an interview with Quartz , Bill Gates says that humans will be replaced by robots. Gates, though, has provided a possible plan of action: to tax robots in order to fund more jobs that can only be performed by humans, like taking care of the elderly or working with children.
3. POLIO COULD BE ELIMINATED WORLDWIDE BY 2019. In his 2013 Annual Letter, Gates revealed statistics showing that polio--a deadly infectious disease--has been reduced from affecting millions of people in more than a hundred of countries to now being active in only three countries worldwide. The key, he states, is measurement: “You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” (Adapted from futurism website)