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Interview with Erik Hersman about Ushahidi.com

  • March 26th, 2008 /
  •  Chris Schultz

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I got a chance to reconnect with Erik Hersman at SXSW & FOWA. He was on a great panel called Africa 2.0. I interviewed him about the site he helped create called Ushahidi.com to track the violence in Kenya surrounding the recent elections.


Erik Hersman – Ushahidi Interview from Chris Schultz on Vimeo.

Congratulations to Erik on all he is doing, I encourage you to visit Ushahidi.com and get involved. More about Erik can be found at WhiteAfrican and Afrigadget. As a fellow african-american, (born in Nigeria, raised in Kenya), the violence in Kenya has been very upsetting and I really appreciate all the effort that Erik (Hash) is making.

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