Ory Okolloh
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#699 Ushahidi Puts Power In People’s Hands
One of the best technology innovations I have come across lately is the BRCK. The prototype was developed in Nairobi, Kenya. Read More »
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From Ushahidi To Al Jazeera: The Role Of Mobile In Kenya’s Elections
The people of Kenya will today start voting in a presidential election. Things have been tense in the lead up to polling day and mobile will play a critical role in both the monitoring and reporting of the situation on the ground. Read More »
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How Ushahidi Maps The Voices Of Those In Need
Dominic Burbidge discusses how Ushahidi’s transformative crowdsourcing techniques have alleviated crises in Kenya and beyond. Read More »
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Modems For Africa – From Africa
Kenyan collective Ushahidi's smart, rugged new device keeps you online during power cuts and doesn't mind a little dust Read More »
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Project Activate - Ushahidi Comes To Town
As part of the Guardian's second Project Activate initiative we open up our doors and our minds to the crisis crowdsourcing platform Ushahidi for a week of creative and technological collaboration Read More »
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Stigmergic Self-Organization And The Improvisation Of Ushahidi
In late 2007 in Kenya, US educated Kenyan journalist Ory Okolloh had become one of the main sources of information about the election and the violence that broke out soon after... Read More »
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Ushahidi – Revolutionizing Disaster Relief
With tools like Ushahidi, humanitarian work can now operate much differently than it has in the past. In the past, humanitarian work was limited in part by the small number of foreign journalists who were able to get to a disaster location and report on events there.
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Ushahidi: A Story Of Non-Linear Innovation
As described in No Straight Lines – what we face in a complex challenging world is a design challenge. Here is a story of how without spending any money a group of highly motivated people came together from around the world with multiple-design skills and capability, to create what has become the cutting edge in crisis management, and a new radical design of NGO. This organisation is called Ushahidi. Read More »
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Ushahidi: The African Software Platform Helping Victims In Global Emergencies
During a natural disaster or in the midst of civil violence, the immediate need for those caught up in the situation is to escape and find a safe haven. But oftentimes in such chaos, information is difficult to come by and unreliable. Read More »
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What is Open Knowledge and How Do You Spread It?
Beatrice Martini shared the work she does alongside a talented group working to bring openness to the world for Open Knowledge with me earlier this year. This time she tells me what it's like to bring to fruition an event like OKFestival 2014, organised by Open Knowledge. How does a gathering organized by one organisation (and a small team) reach out to the global ecosystem of open communities? How can participants co-create its message and mission?
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Open Knowledge Festival 2014
The Open Knowledge Festival 2014 will be our biggest open data and open knowledge event to date. It will be global, inclusive and participatory. We expect it to create a significant local and international surge of innovation.
Organised by Open Knowledge and owned, in the broadest sense, by the open community, the Festival will bring together over 1,000 people from more than 60 countries to share their skills and experiences; encouraging them to work together to build the very tools and partnerships that will further the power of openness as a positive force for change. In addition, the festival will be a fantastic opportunity to celebrate all that the open movement has achieved so far, and an opportunity to plan and shape the landscape ahead.
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