Amazon founder set to pledge more than €856m for Africa land restoration

Jeff Bezos said he would match a previous contribution made through his Bezos Earth Fund.

The funding will go to initiatives aimed at restoring land in Africa (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to pledge €856m for land restoration in Africa.

At an event at Cop26 in Glasgow alongside the UK's Prince Charles, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the billionaire said he would match a previous contribution made through his Bezos Earth Fund.