Ushine from the Data Science Fellows
Ushine is a tool created by the Data Science for Social Good Fellows. Nathan Leiby, Kayla Jacobs, Kwang-Sun Jim and Elena Evena joined Emmanuel Kala, our community and network to dive into data...
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Preparing for the Cameroon Elections / La préparation des élections au Cameroun
[Guest post by Jean Brice in English and French. He is preparing for the upcoming Cameroon Elections. Jean Brice previously joined the Uchaguzi Kenyan Elections team to learn how to do a full Ushahidi...
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Weekly: YoSoyRed, SXSW Panel Voting
Happy Week! Maps connect us to stories and data. Our Deployments of the Week aim to give voice to the dispossessed. We also have new about …. angela please add a tech headline. Deployments of the Week...
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Weekly: Compassion Games, Crisis maps in Athens, and Releases!
Deployment of the Week This week, we recognise two deployments for their outstanding work and efforts. Crisis scape embark on a mission to trace and research cases of migrant attacks in Athens. We...
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Our community dives into v3.0
A week into announcing our developer release of Ushahidi v3, the .ke based team set out to introduce the local dev community to the platform, and get them involved in development at an early stage. We...
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Help us engage with you better!
Ushahidi is growing. And Ushahidi is making some changes. We’ve been talking a lot lately about how we’re growing and how to better serve our base: you. Since the very beginning we’ve relied on all the...
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HarassMap: Help Reach the Tipping Point
Courtesy: HarassMap There is nothing more empowering than enacting the change that you wish to see; and along the way, battling the stereotypes and the social stigma that sexual harassment brings. This...
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Weekly: Iran Voices, Data Ethics & Crowdmap Topics
In the weekly: We’ve got upcoming events for Ushahidi Developers and Crowdmap users. Data is on our mind, so tune into our Data Ethics in Research conversation. And, we’ve got Topic of the Week for new...
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Forums live on the Wiki
The Ushahidi forums are no longer an orphan website. Hurray! Today we are excited to announce that the forums are now part of the wiki. We want to make it easier for you to get help and to meet each...
View Article2014 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship Opportunity
Developers, Technologists, Data Crunchers, this is a great opportunity for you to join a cadre of doers. In partnership with The Knight Foundation and Mozilla, Ushahidi is excited to be one of the news...
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Weekly: Developer Survey, Map Demos and Small Asks
We’re on a community mission to make it easier to get involved with some small asks and developer survey. In this weekly, we also have flood maps and a Crowdmap demo. Deployment of the Week Flood News...
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Transparency in Extractives Industry. A role for Tech?
On a single day in March last year, three countries — Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique announced discoveries of oil and gas (joining Uganda as possible oil and gas producers.) This was momentous, and...
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Launching with Social Coding 4 Good @OSCON
We are proud to announce that Ushahidi has begun a partnership with Social Coding 4 Good to build our developer community. Ushahidi is getting many unusual suspects interested in using open source...
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A Road Not Yet Traveled
[Guest post by Leesa Astredo. Leesa is the Co-Founder of Info4Disasters.org & EMsafespace.org; Empathy team lead at Standby Task Force; a community leader at Ushahidi; and a Red Cross volunteer,...
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Weekly: SMSSync Release, Data Fellows
Happy Week! We have feature updates, a community asks for data tool testing and two Hangouts – one virtual and one in Seattle. Into the Code Crowdmap It’s now easier to embed content on Crowdmap on...
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