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To Celebrate or Morn Ushahidi For USA Elections?

To Celebrate or Morn Ushahidi For USA Elections?

Published on: Nov 08 2016 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Today Americans go to the polls across the country to choose the next President of the United States. Yet, leading up to this day, there was much talk of long lines,...
Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Published on: May 13 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The Kenyan elections were more than a month ago, but a debate continues in the crisis mapping community about whether the various technologies deployed to track...
Did the Kenyan Elections Really Need 3 Maps, 7 Phone Numbers, and Several Web Forms?

Did the Kenyan Elections Really Need 3 Maps, 7 Phone Numbers, and Several Web Forms?

Published on: Apr 22 2013 by Anahi Ayala Iacucci - 3 Comments
We all knew it. We saw this coming in Haiti and talked about it in Egypt, when 5 Ushahidi maps popped out the day before the elections. But the Kenyan elections...
Can Crowdsourcing Stop the Fall Armyworm Invasion?

Can Crowdsourcing Stop the Fall Armyworm Invasion?

Published on: Feb 04 2013 by Aaron Mason - 1 Comment
The Zambian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock recently announced that they are experiencing an outbreak of maize-eating fall armyworm in some parts of the country....
3 Reasons Why Ushahidi Should Not Help Users Achieve Social Impact

3 Reasons Why Ushahidi Should Not Help Users Achieve Social Impact

Published on: Oct 05 2012 by Guest Writer - 3 Comments
Lots of people are talking about the shortcomings of Ushahidi (see Crowdglobe and Dead Ushahidi). While it’s important that crowdsourced maps be used with...
CrowdGlobe: The Dead Ushahidi reality behind 12,795 Ushahidi Crowdmaps

CrowdGlobe: The Dead Ushahidi reality behind 12,795 Ushahidi Crowdmaps

Published on: Aug 29 2012 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
CrowdGlobe has analyzed both Ushahidi and Crowdmap data as well as its user base. The Ushahidi platform, which means, “witness” in Swahili, is a free...
Dead Ushahidi: A Stark Reminder for Sustainability Planning in ICT4D

Dead Ushahidi: A Stark Reminder for Sustainability Planning in ICT4D

Published on: Jul 09 2012 by Wayan Vota - 6 Comments
By now, you’ve heard of Ushahidi, the ICT4D darling for crowdsourcing map data. You also may suspect there is frothy hype around it, mapping, and GIS in...
Beyond Earthquakes: Leveraging GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information to Build Haitian Schools

Beyond Earthquakes: Leveraging GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information to Build Haitian Schools

Published on: Jan 25 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, Haitian citizens and the use of technology, particularly mobile and GIS technologies and social media, proved...
The Rise of the Voluntary Humanitarian Technologist in Disaster Response

The Rise of the Voluntary Humanitarian Technologist in Disaster Response

Published on: Nov 18 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The Rise of the Voluntary Humanitarian Technologist in Disaster Response
Excerpt from Volunteer Technology Communities: Open Development 2010 redefined the role of volunteers during humanitarian emergencies and disaster risk management....
Why technology is only 10 percent of ICT solution success

Why technology is only 10 percent of ICT solution success

Published on: Jun 08 2011 by Anahi Ayala Iacucci - 5 Comments
In May 2010 the Ushahidi blog posted an awesome post fromChris Blow which was highlighting the importance of working through a Ushahidi project by thinking that...
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