TED Talks

Erik Hersman: How texting helped Kenyans survive crisis

TV-PG
2009 • E72    Apr 22, 2009    4m
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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