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Listen "Ending poverty through entrepreneurship with Dianne Calvi"
Episode Synopsis
Dianne Calvi is president and CEO of Village Enterprise, a nonprofit working in sub–Saharan Africa that aims to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship and innovation. Dianne worked across multiple sectors — including an 11-year stint at Microsoft — before joining Village Enterprise in 2010. In this episode of our Beyond the Blue Badge podcast, host Paul Shoemaker talks with Dianne about how she's scaling Village Enterprise and why she's rooted in empathy. They also dive into how tech, data, and partnerships are crucial in the fight to alleviate poverty.
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