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Fri, October 10th 2014, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenya’s Ushahidi launches app to help users check in on loved ones

Kenyan startup Ushahidi has launched an app that lets users check in on their loved ones especially in times of disasters such as the one experienced at Westgate a year ago. → Read more
Wed, July 16th 2014, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Ushahidi, Futaa, Kopo Kopo among 50 most innovative Kenyan startups

Kenyan football portal Futaa.com has been named alongside Ushahidi and Kopo Kopo among the 50 most innovative startups in Kenya in a competition that had 5,000 entries and was judged by top startup experts. → Read more
Wed, July 9th 2014, 10:30 · Chris Udemans

Ushahidi’s BRCK receives $1.2m investment

Kenya’s Ushahidi has announced it has received US$1.2 million seed funding for its BRCK project, hoping to solve last mile connectivity problems in rural areas. → Read more
Wed, July 2nd 2014, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Ushahidi to launch BRCK next week

Kenya’s biggest social awareness platform Ushahidi will next Wednesday launch its BRCK modem-cum-router at the Sarit Centre in Nairobi, a project it says is Kenyan-made but designed for both the local and global markets. → Read more
Fri, October 4th 2013, 12:40 · Nick Sato

Ushahidi reports to be processed through new USSD app

Kenyan non-profit crowdfunding platform Ushahidi has announced the development of a USSD (unstructured supplementary services data) app to reduce the time it takes to process reports and manage the flood of SMSs coming through its platform. → Read more
Wed, September 25th 2013, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Ushahidi develops apps for emergency situations

Non-profit Kenyan tech company Ushahidi has launched an app to make it easier for people to check on the condition of loved ones in situations similar to Al-Shabaab’s attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall this weekend. → Read more
Thu, July 18th 2013, 12:44 · Mercy Makumi

Kenyan Ushahidi co-founder wins award for outstanding social commitment

Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi co-founder and managing director, has been honoured with with an Impact Award at the DLDwomen 2013 conference in Munich. → Read more
Thu, January 17th 2013, 14:25 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenya’s Kuhonga fighting corruption using the Ushahidi platform

Kuhonga, an anti-corruption mapping platform, seeks to address the question “how can we crush corruption in Africa?” by using data and maps to track activity related to corruption. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd 2012, 13:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Ushahidi being used to assist Kenya carpools

Ushahidi, a Kenyan non-profit organisation specialising in free and open source software, has aided the Kenyan carpool Twitter surge by creating a crowdmap to capture, categorise, geo locate and visualise as many tweets as possible. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd 2012, 09:09 · Tefo Mohapi

Ushahidi appoints new members to its board

Kenya’s Ushahidi, the firm behind Ushahidi open source mobile-based app that allows users to crowdsource crisis information, yesterday announced it would be adding three new members, namely Clay Shirky, David Kobia and Erik Hersman, to its board of directors. → Read more
Tue, August 7th 2012, 05:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Ushahidi version 2.5 announced

A Kenyan technology platform Ushahidi has announced that its new version code named “Cairo” is now available. Both the Ushahidi and Crowdmap platforms have been updated with version 2.5. → Read more
Tue, July 24th 2012, 08:33 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenya’s Ushahidi to be redesigned

The process of redesigning Ushahidi platform, a mobile app enabling users to crowdsource crisis information, is currently on track. The new platform, Ushahidi v3, will be a complete redesign of Ushahidi’s core platform with the front-end set to be more mobile web-focused. → Read more
Fri, July 6th 2012, 07:55 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenyan founded Ushahidi of service to Afghanistan’s community projects

As part of USAID’s Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSS) project, Afghan villagers have been mobilized to improve the quality of water and sanitation. Since 2009, the initiative has increased access to sanitation and water. It has also enabled Afghan community members to build and repair about 38,400 latrines, as well as access safe drinking water by constructing over 2,670 wells. → Read more
Wed, December 3rd 2014, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju

Call for chapters for new book on Digital Kenya

Dr. Bitange Ndemo and Tim Weiss, editors of Digital Kenya | The new generation for entrepreneurs said they are seeking to enhance and invigorate together with practitioners and scholars the dialog surrounding business environments and entrepreneurship in Kenya. → Read more
Wed, August 27th 2014, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Kopo Kopo celebrates 4 years in business

Kenyan merchant services company Kopo Kopo is celebrating four years of existence, having managed to register more than 10,000 businesses on the platform. → Read more
Sun, July 20th 2014, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

FEATURE: The week in startups 20/07/2014

This week in startups saw plenty of activity, particularly on the part of incubators and accelerator programmes, with new competitions announced, applications opening, contest finalists selected and accelerator programme mentors revealed across the continent. → Read more
Sun, July 13th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 13/07/2014

This week was all about finalists, with the winners of Seedstars Cape Town being announced while the last stage competitors of DEMO Africa were made public. → Read more
Wed, June 18th 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson

FEATURE: Kenya’s perceived innovation lead over SA could be all hype

For a good seven years now, it has been fashionable to refer to the coming of Kenya in terms of African innovation, and how the East African nation is outstripping the more economically powerful South Africa when it comes to technological entrepreneurship. → Read more
Wed, May 14th 2014, 10:30 · Tom Jackson

PIVOT East judging begins today

Judging begins today to decide the finalists of mobile startup competition PIVOT East, as 25 judges look to narrow down 50 semi-finalists to 25 who will compete at the event in June. → Read more
Sun, May 11th 2014, 08:00 · Chris Udemans

FEATURE: The week in startups 11/05/2014

Kenya dominated the startup headlines this week, with 37 of 50 PIVOT East semi-finalists coming from the East African country and another reporting a major round of funding. → Read more