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Region: Singapore | Sector: Social policy / labour tech | Stage: Implementation phase (2024-2026) | Earliest notable year: 2024
Region: Oman & UAE | Sector: Climate tech | Stage: Commercial pilots (2023-2024) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Colombia | Sector: Clean mobility | Stage: Pilot→early rollout (2024) | Earliest notable year: 2024
Region: Indonesia / SE Asia | Sector: Agri-tech / AI | Stage: Rapid scale-up (2023-2025) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Kenya | Sector: Agri-tech & climate | Stage: Scale-up funding secured (2024) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Nigeria | Sector: Circular economy / recycling | Stage: Seed-to-scale expansion (2022-2024) | Earliest notable year: 2022
Region: Pakistan | Sector: Fintech / gender finance | Stage: Government-backed rollout (2025) | Earliest notable year: 2024
Region: India (Tier-II/III) | Sector: Social commerce / consumer tech | Stage: High-growth adoption (2024-2025) | Earliest notable year: 2019; inflection 2023
Region: Pan-Africa | Sector: Digital education | Stage: Early-growth (2024-2025) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Uganda | Sector: Agri-tech / productive solar | Stage: Government rollout (2023-2024) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Indonesia / ASEAN | Sector: Circular economy / biomaterials | Stage: Commercial scaling (2024) | Earliest notable year: 2022
Region: Latin America (Argentina, Chile, Mexico) | Sector: Agri-climate tech / water credits | Stage: Series A expansion (2024) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Kenya & Rwanda | Sector: E-mobility / climate tech | Stage: Series A scale-up (2024) | Earliest notable year: 2023
Region: Kenya & Sub-Saharan Africa | Sector: Climate-fintech / carbon markets | Stage: Commercial launch (2023) | Earliest notable year: 2023