
A Missed Call From Bill Gates
Listening to BBC radio on Thursday, 8th May 2025, I overheard a news headline amongst others, captioned, “Bill Gates said he wanted to die poor…” I initially thought I hadn’t heard that caption well, or it might be the usual sensational spin newscasters put on their news items to attract interest. Paying attention to the particular news item, I realised what the fifth richest person and once the wealthiest person in the world intends to do in the next two decades of his life isn’t far from the news line reported by the British Broadcasting House. I further checked what Mr. Bill Gates said the next morning, and this is what he actually said: “I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years to cause the saving and improving of lives around the wor...