Uchaguzi

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From Ushahidi To Al Jazeera: The Role Of Mobile In Kenya’s Elections

Stuart Thomas | Memburn | March 4, 2013

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 »

How Open Data Is Transforming Democracy In Africa – And The Challenges It Faces

Tefo Mohapi | The Next Web | June 15, 2013

Kenya is at the forefront of the open data movement in Africa thanks to initiatives such as crowdsourcing software Ushahidi and government tracker Uchaguzi. Read More »

Monitoring Dangerous Speech: Umati Update

Heather Leson | Ushahidi | January 18, 2013

Lead by Kagonya Awori and Angela Crandall, the dedicated ihub Research team is monitoring and analyzing Dangerous Speech in Kenya with the Umati project. Read More »

Uchaguzi Kenya 2013 Launched

Daudi Were | Ushahidi | February 11, 2013

...This makes us very proud today to announce the official launch of the Uchaguzi Kenya 2013 partnership. Uchaguzi’s aim is to help Kenya have a free, fair, peaceful, and credible general election. Uchaguzi’s strategy for this is to contribute to stability in Kenya by increasing transparency and accountability through active citizen participation in the electoral cycles...
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Uchaguzi – Community Next Steps

Heather Leson | Ushahidi | January 21, 2013

The Kenyan 2013 Elections are just over a month away. If this past weekend’s political nominations are any indication, there will be a rise of people’s voices and stories to share. You may be asking: how can I contribute? From researchers to developers to online strategists to translators and sense-makers, we aim to connect and build Uchaguzi together. Read More »

Ushahidi Via USSD

Angela Oduor | Ushahidi | October 3, 2013

The mobile phone has been at the core of Ushahidi’s strategy when building tools for citizen engagement. Its ubiquitous nature makes it the easiest tool to use and ensure that a vast majority of citizens can actively participate. [...] Read More »

Weekly: OpenIR In Jakarta, Windows 8 App, & Uchaguzi

Heather Leson | Ushahidi | January 24, 2013

Happy Week! In this Community report, we’re featuring work from Jakarta, Italy and, of course, Kenya. The next two months will be full of Uchaguzi updates. Since the Ushahidi team is heavily involved in the project, we want to share our journey with you. Believe me, we are learning tons! Read More »

Weekly: Uchaguzi, Community Dev Live Meetup

Heather Leson | Ushahidi | January 17, 2013

Happy Week from Nairobi! We have updates about Uchaguzi and the upcoming Community Developer call. Read More »