Giving directly with machine learning w/ Michael Kayemba and Alex Nawar

This episode is a conversation with Director of Innovation Michael Kayemba and Regional Director, International Alex Nawar at GiveDirectly. GiveDirectly is a non-profit that helps individuals in extreme poverty by providing unconditional cash transfers via mobile phone.

In this episode we discuss extreme poverty, GiveDirectly’s approach to alleviating extreme poverty and how the organization has started using machine learning to effectively target the individuals most in need.