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Guinea-Bissau

A West African nation of 2.2 million where forest covers three quarters of the land, cashew is the great harvest and an IMF programme supports the budget.

Perfect Nations values what Guinea-Bissau owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Guinea-Bissau at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Guinea-Bissau

What we do for Guinea-Bissau

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Forest to The People.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels3 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Energy is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Guinea-Bissau toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 74.8%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Mangroves, the Bijagós islands and forest across three quarters of the land.

  • 7,599 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

  • 29.9%Of the land in agriculture, 2023

    The Farmland

    Cashew orchards: a harvest that can be processed at home and sold for more.

  • 9.9%Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2024

    The Diaspora

    Citizens abroad send home a steady share of the economy: a flow that can back long-term finance.

  • 2.2mCitizens, 2025

    The People

    38.3% are under fifteen: the workforce and the market of the next generation.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Cashew, forest and the first solar grids.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Guinea-Bissau owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedSolar Energy Scale-up and Access Project$48.2M

    IDA · Approved 28 May 2024

    Solar generation and new connections.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedHealth, education and social services$20M

    IDA · Approved January 2025

    Strengthens basic health, education and social services.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralDisbursingExtended Credit Facility

    IMF · Eighth review and 2025 Article IV, Board 30 June 2025

    Outstanding IMF credit stood at SDR 56.27 million on 31 March 2026.

    IMF

    Source

Already working in Guinea-Bissau.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Guinea-Bissau, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

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  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Guinea-Bissau are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Guinea-Bissau, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Guinea-Bissau in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Guinea-Bissau: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Guinea-Bissau.WATER24%SHELTER22.6%ENERGY2%FOOD37.5%EDUCATION36.3HEALTH43LIVELIHOOD49.5%
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Energy · furthest from reach2% cook with clean fuels and technology; 43.7% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024

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The price of Perfect Guinea-Bissau

To be set with Guinea-Bissau, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Guinea-Bissau, each year.

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  • Food37.5%Not food insecure; 62.5% are moderately or severely food insecureFAO, 2022
  • Water24%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter22.6%Safely managed sanitation; 59% of city dwellers live in slumsWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Energy2%2% cook with clean fuels and technology; 43.7% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education36.336.3% of young people complete lower secondary school; 2010, datedWorld Bank, 2010
  • Health43WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood49.5%Above the national poverty line; 50.5% live below itWorld Bank, 2021

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Guinea-Bissau. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Guinea-Bissau

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Guinea-BissauEnergy

    Finance clean power and clean cooking at national scale.

    • 01The challenge98% Of Bissau-Guineans still cook without clean fuels. World Bank, 2024
    • 02The dealAt work in Guinea-Bissau: Solar Energy Scale-up and Access Project, $48.2M. Source
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where energy is furthest from reach should issue a sovereign green bond ring-fenced for clean power and clean cooking. With super intelligence, the switch can be priced for every household still cooking with wood, charcoal or kerosene, and every project the bond finances reported to investors.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsGuinea-Bissau

Dear Guinea-Bissau,

Your forests and mangroves cover three quarters of your land, and cashew is your great harvest.

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Only one household in fifty cooks with clean fuel, and one in four has safely managed water. Process the cashew at home, protect the mangroves for what they earn, and power every village with the sun.

“Process the harvest at home, and let the forest pay for the power.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Guinea-Bissau ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Guinea-Bissau, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Guinea-Bissau, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Energy, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where Bissau-Guineans and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Guinea-Bissau into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Guinea-Bissau, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Guinea-Bissau.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Guinea-Bissau already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Guinea-Bissau.

    Become a Co-designer

The Guinea-Bissau ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Guinea-Bissau with us.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. World Bank project P174576; World Bank press releases of 15 January 2025, 28 June 2025 and 24 June 2026.
  5. IMF country page and Country Report on the 2025 Article IV and eighth ECF review (July 2025).
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