Ushahidi Helps Bring Crowdsourcing Technology to 132 Countries Worldwide

With three open-source platforms working to crowdsource and map people’s insights, Ushahidi – a two time Knight News Challenge winner - has quickly grown from one project in Kenya to uses in 132 countries around the world.

Everyday, people use Ushahidi’s tools to bridge information gaps in their communities, by doing things like mapping healthcare resources and monitoring disease outbreaks in Honduras and gauging riot violence and transportation problems in London.

In Kenya, small-scale farmers use iCow, a mobile and Web information service that runs on Ushahidi’s Crowdmap platform, to send text messages about agricultural resources across the three largest networks in the country.  The Ushahidi-based system takes the crowdsourced information and plots the locations on a map, helping farmers in rural areas find what they need to support their livelihood.