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SA losing to Kenya in tech race

Duncan McLeod | TechCentral | June 9, 2013

South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. By Duncan McLeod. Read More »

South Africa losing to Kenya in tech race

Duncan McLeod | TechCentral | June 9, 2013

South Africa appears to be losing its status as the preferred investment destination on the continent for international technology companies. That honour, increasingly, is going to Kenya, which may be on the cusp of a technology-fuelled era of economic growth. Read More »

Technology From Africa Ensures The Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t

Leo Mirani | Nextgov | May 8, 2013

The “cloud” is great for places that enjoy uninterrupted power and Internet connections. But for large swathes of the world, where blackouts are common and connections unreliable, accessing files stored remotely on the Internet is a massive hassle. Forget about downloading Adobe Creative Suite. Simply working on a Google doc can be aggravating. Read More »

TED Video – Ushahidi’s Juliana Rotich Speaks About Brck, An Internet Access Modem Built For Africa

Staffwriter | Celebrating Progress Africa | June 24, 2013

Juliana Rotich is co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, interactive mapping and data curation. Read More »

The BRCK Spins Out

Erik Hersman | Ushahidi | October 29, 2013

We’re very excited to announce that BRCK is spinning out as a company of its own, as was the plan from the beginning of the year. It’s interesting how Ushahidi has incubated or catalyze a number of things over the last 5 years, from the iHub and BRCK, to helping start CrisisMappers. A pattern that we hope continues. Read More »

This Little Black Box Could Revolutionize Offgrid Internet Access

Derek Markham | Treehugger | December 23, 2013

Most of our readers have no problem getting on the internet every day for communication or research or sharing LOLcats, but if you live or work in areas that don't have reliable internet access due to lack of basic communications or power infrastructure, that simple access that we take for granted can be quite difficult. Read More »

Ushahidi Raises Over $127K To Ensure Internet Access Worldwide

Patrick Peck | BET.com | May 29, 2013

The non-profit technology company developed BRCK to help Internet users from San Francisco to Nairobi get connected and stay online. Read More »

Wide-Angle Lens – Thoughts On What Ushahidi Has To Do With International Development

Nat Manning | Ushahidi | September 25, 2013

In light of all that is going on in Nairobi, I took a step back and started thinking about what it is we do here at Ushahidi, beyond the products, the code, and the community. We often get lumped into this greater industry of International Development, even though we talk about ourselves as a non-profit tech company. So I decided to try and dive a bit deeper, and try and suss out just how Ushahidi fits into this broader discussion of International Development. Read More »