Samasource: ‘Microwork’ for the developing world

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Samasource is a San Francisco based non-profit that matches businesses in the United States with people in the developing world who are looking for work in information technology. Marco Werman speaks with Leila Janah, the founder of Samasource, and Antoine Ngeleka, one of Samasource’s trainees living in Zambia.

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