Ushahidi open-source crowdsourcing and crisis-mapping platform
Self-reported
Over 90,000 deployments and about 20 million people reached; translated into over 30 languages
- Role
- Co-founder; led translation of the software
- Reported by
- Skoll Foundation speaker biography (organisation-supplied)
Sources 1
Ushahidi platform (current organisation figures)
Self-reported
200,000 deployments; 50,000 posts and testimonials; 25 million people reached in critical situations
- Role
- Co-founder; board member (status uncertain)
- Reported by
- Ushahidi website
Sources 2
Ushahidi geographic reach
Self-reported
Used for crisis response and public accountability in more than 160 countries
- Role
- Co-founder
- Reported by
- German Africa Foundation (Deutsche Afrika Stiftung), German Africa Prize 2019 citation
Sources 3
BRCK public Wi-Fi network
Self-reported
About 2,000 public hotspots and roughly half a million users per month (2019); described as largest public internet provider in sub-Saharan Africa from February 2019
- Role
- Co-founder
- Reported by
- German Africa Foundation citation (2019)
Sources 3
BRCK Moja network on matatu and Swvl buses
Self-reported
445,000 unique monthly active users on the matatu network and 150,000 on the fixed network; 15 units on Swvl buses with a target of 700 by 2020
- Role
- Co-founder of BRCK
- Reported by
- RCR Wireless News, reporting BRCK figures (August 2019)
Sources 4
Record history
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