In partnership with the African Development Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the availability of African Development Financial Inclusion facility. CNBC Africa’s Godfrey Mutizwa spoke to the Deputy Director for Payments at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Konstantin Peric to discuss this and more.

Melinda Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-founder, tells David Rubenstein that given her Catholic faith it was a "difficult decision" to commit the foundation to its huge global program supporting access to contraception. Ultimately, she says, "I believe in saving lives." Her comments come in the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show:

While steps are being made and some countries have accomplished it, Universal Health Coverage still remains simply a goal to be achieved by many African nations. CNBC Africa sat down with the Deputy Director of Global Primary Health Care Systems for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Jean Kagubare, to discuss how he thinks nations can move closer to making this ambition, reality.