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Amolo Ng’weno on Sounds Robotic: A CGD Podcast

by
Charles Kenny
June 18, 2019

 
Amolo Ng’weno is the CEO and East Africa Regional Director for BFA, a global consulting firm specializing in using finance to create solutions for low-income people. She has a long history of working on digital development, including as a co-founder of Africa Online, East Africa’s first Internet provider. On this episode of Sounds Robotic, I spoke to Amolo about her recent paper on what technological advance might mean for the informal sector. 

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