Posted AT 3:50 AM EDT on 07/07/05
Margaret Wente
Quick now: Who's saving more African lives these days than anyone else? No, it's not Mahatma Bob. It's not the Western governments that keep funnelling billions into the Swiss bank accounts of arms dealers and African dictators, or even those well-meaning NGOs with their well-digging projects.
Nope. It's the geek from Oregon. Until quite recently, Bill Gates had invested more money in the prevention of malaria -- Africa's second-biggest scourge, after AIDS -- than any Western nation.
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