How Ushahidi is Using Crowdsourcing to Help Community Disaster Response and Recovery | Angela Oduor Lungati

Urban Limitrophe

In this episode, I chat with Angela Oduor Lungati, the CEO of Ushahidi. Ushahdi is a mobile platform dubbed “Africa’s Gift to Silicon Valley” by the New York Times. Born out of a crisis, the open-source software enables virtually anyone with a cellphone or internet connection to efficiently crowd-source information, map it and share it with those the most in need and guide those who can provide aid. Ushahidi is a powerful planning and decision-making tool for communities and cities in the midst of an emergency and has been used by groups worldwide to track everything from COVID-19 recovery to police brutality and everything in between.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• how Ushahidi has been leveraged by communities and governments worldwide,
• how to keep communities at the center of innovation,
• and much more!

Guest: Angela Oduor Lungati, CEO of Ushahidi

• Website: www.ushahidi.com
• Twitter: @AngieNicoleOD | @Ushahidi
• Instagram: @Ushahidi
• Donate: give.ushahidi.com

Acknowledgements:

This episode is co-sponsored by the University of Toronto School of Cities and the Department of Geography and Planning.

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Credits:

Music and editing by Imany Lambropoulos

Podcast concept, development, and design by Alexandra Lambropoulos