Innovators in the Global South are apparently still stuck on the outside of the innovation funding clubhouse, despite having solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. Take Masaki Umeda, whose drone startup SORA Technology launched in 2020 in Nagoya, Japan, originally aiming to deliver medical supplies to hard-to-reach parts of Africa. But after chatting with health ministries, they pivoted to fighting malaria, which kills over half a million people in Africa annually. Their AI-powered drones now identify bodies of water and analyze turbidity - cloudiness, for the uninitiated - to help target mosquito breeding grounds. So why isn’t this tech everywhere? Because, as usual, the money and opportunities are stuck in the Global North, leaving brilliant solutions to gather dust instead of saving lives.