Ending poverty through entrepreneurship with Dianne Calvi

Published: May 19, 2021, 8 p.m.

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Dianne Calvi is president and CEO of Village Enterprise, a nonprofit working in sub\\u2013Saharan Africa that aims to alleviate poverty through entrepreneurship and innovation. Dianne worked across multiple sectors \\u2014 including an 11-year stint at Microsoft \\u2014 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\\u2019s scaling Village Enterprise and why she\\u2019s rooted in empathy. They also dive into how tech, data, and partnerships are crucial in the fight to alleviate poverty.

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