ushahidi
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INNOVATION
Musings on the ‘Silicon Savannah’: Past, Present & Future – Afrinnovator
Kenya has come to be closely associated with technology innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the area of mobile technology, raising the country’s profile internationally as…
SOCIAL MEDIA
Kenya’s Propensity to Crowdsource
About two weeks ago, following a strike by transport operators in Kenya, residents of the capital city Nairobi resorted to social media to solve the…
FUNDING
Three Lessons for Innovators & Techpreneurs: Learning From Ushahidi’s History
The Ushahidi crowdsourcing platform recently secured an additional $1.9 million round of funding from the Omidyar Network spanning 3 years. Ushahidi has definitely grown from strength to strength since 2008…