The Five-Dollar Dose
A $5/year HIV prevention pill — and the licensing fight has already started
The Clan Ledger
PNG is titling 97% of its land to clans — without privatizing a single hectare
The Carbon Canopy
Carbon credits funded 6M trees that cool farms by 5°C and feed communities
The Kitchen Loop
Lebanon feeds displaced families by paying local restaurants $3 per meal
The Hydropower Leapfrog
Nepal hit 75% EV sales using hydropower — now immune to $200/barrel oil
The Warm Chain
No-fridge PCR kits tested 500K patients at 40% less than imports
The Returns Concession
Reaching the poorest communities costs impact investors just 13 cents extra per dollar
Homegrown Health Networks
Fiji's best health networks were already running in churches and WhatsApp groups
The Missing Curriculum
Four days of negotiation training boosted women farmers' profits by 50%
Village-First Solar
Indonesia is deploying 80 GW of solar through 80,000 village cooperatives
The Payments Graduation
Africa's biggest payment apps are becoming banks — four got licenses in 18 months
The Fintech Passport
Central banks are letting fintechs use one license across two African countries
The $40 Shield
A $40/year injection prevents HIV with 100% efficacy in women
Data Embassies
Countries are protecting data centers with diplomatic immunity, not firewalls
Copilot Clinics
AI copilots give community health workers specialist-grade diagnoses for $0.003
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