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Grade C5 sourcesHIS-01109

Ushahidi’s Kenya crisis map

App & software · 2008 · Notable

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Kenyan bloggers turned eyewitness reports into a map that other crisis teams could reuse.

Ushahidi v0.1 SMS reporting and feedback workflow with map, reproduced in Ory Okolloh’s account
Ory Okolloh / Ushahidi; IIED

Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion85Breadth10VelocityNo data yetLongevityNo data yet48

Numbers

Early information sharers
>250
Retrospective cofounder account · Self-reported · Ory Okolloh / IIED
Seed to milestone
6 days
Jan 3 ’08 to Jan 9 ’08
Platforms
1
Started on Open web
Origin
Organic
Politics & civic

Mechanics

  • Shareable outputPrimary
  • Platform jump

How it spread

Trace the origin

A January 2008 blog appeal brought volunteers together to map Kenya’s post-election crisis. Ory Okolloh reported more than 250 early contributors. The team then rebuilt the tool for reuse; by May 2009, two dozen organizations had deployed the alpha.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

Jan ’08FebAprJunAugOctNovDecFeb ’09AprOpen web
Open web

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Timeline (6)

  1. January 2008

    Ory Okolloh seed · Jan 3 ’08

    Ory Okolloh asked Kenyan technologists to help map reports of post-election violence.[1]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. Ushahidi volunteers milestone · Jan 9 ’08

    Volunteers launched the Kenya crisis map, accepting public reports from the web and mobile phones.[1][2]

  3. October 2008

    Ushahidi owner response · Oct 2008

    The rebuilt software entered alpha testing for reuse beyond the original Kenya map.[4]

Origin
Organic
Sector
Politics & civic
Region
KE
Early information sharers
>250
Retrospective cofounder account · Self-reported · Ory Okolloh / IIED
Evidence
Grade C

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Open web

3 more events on this chart

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  1. January 2008

    Ory Okolloh seed · Jan 3 ’08

    Ory Okolloh asked Kenyan technologists to help map reports of post-election violence.[1]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. Ushahidi volunteers milestone · Jan 9 ’08

    Volunteers launched the Kenya crisis map, accepting public reports from the web and mobile phones.[1][2]

  3. October 2008

    Ushahidi owner response · Oct 2008

    The rebuilt software entered alpha testing for reuse beyond the original Kenya map.[4]

  1. platform jump · Nov 7 ’08

  2. first amplifier · Nov 11 ’08

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