Ushahidi: Empowering Citizens through Crowdsourcing and Digital Data Collection
Created in 2007, Ushahidi which means “testimony” in Swahili, is both the name of a Kenyan not-for-profit civic tech company and of a crowdsourcing platform allowing to submit violence reports and map the events. In this interview, Juliana Rotich, co-founder and former Executive Director of Ushahidi...
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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Field Actions Science Reports
2017
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | Created in 2007, Ushahidi which means “testimony” in Swahili, is both the name of a Kenyan not-for-profit civic tech company and of a crowdsourcing platform allowing to submit violence reports and map the events. In this interview, Juliana Rotich, co-founder and former Executive Director of Ushahidi, introduces the Ushahidi technology and the next challenges to face, notably in the context of African smart cities. |
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