Kenyan app helps the world map, responds to disasters

BY BEATRICE WAMUYU

KENYA: In the wake of the 2007-2008 post election violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed and 350,000 others displaced, a group of enterprising Kenyans developed an app that has changed the way the world maps and responds to disasters. Ushahidi, which means testimony gathered information from different sources to help law enforcement and disaster response agencies pinpoint hotspots and respond to distress calls.