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Clearly campaign
Coverage of Clearly campaign in the Nexus archive.
- James Chen: What makes a good billionaire?
James Chen, after initial rejection of adjustable-power lenses by the World Bank, launched Vision for a Nation. He built a national health model in Rwanda, proving that universal access to affordable vision correction was possible and establishing Rwanda as the first country with such access globally. The article argues that effective philanthropy must function as early-stage risk capital for systemic innovation rather than just being low-risk recognition.