Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2008

The last leg of the journey was to attend the Netsquared Conference (N2Y3) where three winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge were selected by conference participants. Ushahidi: Mapping Reports Of Post-Election Violence In Kenya. A Mashup Of 29+ Social Action Platforms ??? Click to play I'm finally home and off the red eye!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2009

We've discussed Ushahidi here before; the project won last year's NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Ushahidi was created to address the post-election crisis in Kenya , but is now being used to track violence, human rights abuses, and aid efforts all over the world. read more.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. These folks do astonishing work.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. "Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. "Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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