[kictanet] How texting and GoogleMaps helped Kenyans survive crisis

[Wainaina Mungai]

Hi

No problem. I am already talking to Google and Ushahidi about it. I
factored it in on my last feedback to Barasa.

Wainaina

On 5/7/09, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
> This might be of interest....wonder how this could be used to keep our
> politicians on Track on Agenda 4!
>
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/523  This is a cool short talk on TED
> Talks.
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> At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a
> GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell
> phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has evolved to continue saving
> lives in other countries.
>
>

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