Erik Hersman
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Erik Hersman is a technologist, blogger and commentator who specialises in the impact and application of technology throughout Africa.
Hersman at PopTech 2013
Ushahidi
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Ushahidi is an open source software application that collates and maps data using user-generated reports. It uses the concept of crowdsourcing serving as an initial model for what has been coined as "
Erik Hersman
…being a multi-author website dedicated to showcasing African ingenuity. AfriGadget was named one of Time's "Top 50 Sites of 2008". He is co-founder of Ushahidi ("testimony" in Swahili), a crowdsourcing website created to map incidents of violence during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis. Ushahidi has since been used…
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