Nigeria, June 9 -- American billionaire and tech genius, Bill Gates, has redefined the landscape of philanthropy with his recent resolve to give his $200 billion fortune out over the next 20 years, following which the Gates Foundation would wind up its activities on 31 December, 2045.

Interestingly, much of the funds would be committed to his ennobling causes in Africa, which span healthcare, education, food security, gender equality, sanitation, nutrition, the provision of potable water and similar poverty reduction measures, among others.

Indeed, in the pantheon of philanthropists, Bill Gates, 69, undoubtedly encapsulates the self-sacrificing and giving spirit of Prometheus. Through this gigantic gesture, he is further challenging the...