Kenyanske Ushadidi vant Schwabs African Social Entrepreneur Award

Schwab foundation delte den 5. mai ut African Social Entrepreneur Award i Johannesburg, Sør Africa. En av vinnerne var kenyanske Ushadidi.

East African Social enterprise Network vil dele ut East African Social Entrepreneur of the Year (EASEY) i November.

Om Ushadidi (fra Schwab)

Juliana Rotich – Ushahidi

Julian Rotich was in Western Kenya in 2008 when the election violence broke out. It was near impossible to get accurate and timely information. It was with this, that the impetus for Ushahidi was born. Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories.

Since 2008, Ushahidi has grown to nearly 2 million users and has 17,000,000 unique visitors.

It has strengthened democracy and economic development, such as verifying election results across Brazil or tracking teacher absenteeism in Uganda. It has facilitated market efficiency, through mapping bio-gas markets prices and production across six countries in Africa. And it has helped aid workers in Haiti and Japan reach those affected by natural disasters