134. Winnie Auma: From growing up in extreme poverty in Africa to studying at Harvard, speaking at Facebook, Google and teaching entrepreneurship to vulnerable women

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I’m speaking today with Winnie Auma who has had an extraordinary career and life.
Winnie grew up in extreme poverty in rural Africa and was the youngest of 15 children. She went on to pursue higher studies, including an MBA and an Emerging Leader at Harvard Kennedy School.
She is now the Chief Program Officer at Village Enterprise Fund that operates in 7 countries across Africa and has supported 275,000 people to start their own businesses.
Winnie has spoken at companies like Facebook, Google and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Learn more about Winnie:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/winnie-barbra-bb3a3062/

Learn more about Village Enterprse:
http://www.villageenterprise.org
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