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Jan 2018
54m 35s

Leila Janah (Samasource) - Reversing Pov...

Stanford Ecorner
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Entrepreneur Leila Janah describes how her social enterprise Samasource allows people in Africa and elsewhere to lift themselves out of poverty through dignified, fair-wage digital work like photo tagging for companies in Silicon Valley. She celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit in those who survive on next to nothing and explains how giving work is more eff ... Show More
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