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Ushahidi is an open
source software application which utilises user-generated
reports to
collate and map data. It uses the
concept of
crowdsourcing serving...
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gathered on a map
online automatically or by a
dedicated group. In 2010,
Ushahidi released "Crowdmap" − a free and open-source
platform by
which anyone can...
- co-founder of
Ushahidi ("testimony" in Swahili), a
crowdsourcing website created to map
incidents of
violence during the 2007–08
Kenyan crisis.
Ushahidi has since...
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enriching artworks'
sales observations. The
crowdsourcing software company,
Ushahidi,
built a
prototype of its
software that
leveraged DBpedia to
perform semantic...
- co-founder of iHub, a
collective tech
space in Nairobi, Kenya, and of
Ushahidi, open-source
software for
collecting and
mapping information. She is a...
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under the MIT license, but
compatible medical devices are proprietary.
Ushahidi allows people to
submit crisis information through text
messaging using...
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Society Global Board member, and also sits on the
board of
directors of
Ushahidi,
Global Voices, and the
Ghanaian journalism training nonprofit, PenPlusBytes...
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David Kobia is a
Kenyan programmer and one of the co-founders of
Ushahidi. He
programmed the
first version of the site.
Kobia was
named "'Humanitarian...
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addressed by
those in power. For example, the
first deployment of the
Ushahidi platform in 2008 in
Kenya visualized the post-electoral
violence that had...
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creative expression can take the form of
lolcats or
endeavors such as
Ushahidi; the
former Shirky says
increases communal value, "it is
created by the...
