I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a digital spreadsheet that claimed our distribution was 95% efficient. On the screen, everything …
Who Gets Missed and Why
June 2026
Building Manufacturing Capacity Locally
I spent a decade in the DRC and South Sudan watching policy experts in Geneva debate the intricacies of how local manufacturing is supported, while …
Building a Payment System From Scratch
I’ve sat through enough donor briefings in Geneva to know that people love to talk about “frameworks,” “digitization,” and “resilience metrics.” They treat the construction …
When an Emergency Stops Being One
I remember sitting in a humid transit office outside Goma, staring at a radio dispatch that had gone silent for three hours. The headquarters in …
Patents and the Price of Medicine
I once sat in a humid warehouse outside Goma, staring at a stack of temperature-controlled crates that were legally cleared but practically useless. The paperwork …
Restructuring Debt Under the Common Framework
I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated metal office in Goma, staring at a fifty-page document that promised to revolutionize our coordination efforts. Everyone in …
Vaccine Equity and What Failed
I spent a decade watching high-level officials in Geneva and Nairobi argue over allocation formulas and equity metrics, but none of those spreadsheets ever helped …
Electrifying the Last Twenty Per Cent
I spent a decade watching consultants in Nairobi and Geneva argue over high-level frameworks, convinced that the way how energy access policy is set was …
Tracing a Payment Through Public Records
I remember sitting in a humid, corrugated metal office outside Goma, staring at a spreadsheet that claimed we had successfully disbursed six months of malaria …
What Happens When a Country Defaults
I remember sitting in a humid warehouse outside of Goma, staring at a stack of empty crates that were supposed to hold temperature-sensitive vaccines. The …