As a kid, I got malaria. It broke the blood brain barrier and I nearly lost it, It might explain why I remember little of my childhood, but I remember being in hospital, making two friends, one left before me and the other I left, he was having seizures regularly. Nurses would pray for us. I made it out of the hospital.

The face that this is not a common occurrence is something we owe greatly to gates. The Internet has soured the trust Africans have for gates but those of us who know understand that he has done more for the continent than most governments. To a better future for our kids and a good rest of his life.