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Ushahidi
Ushahidi develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization, and interactive mapping.
- Founded
- 2008 18 years ago
- Staff
- 11-50 40 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 6k on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $2.3M as listed, USD
Ushahidi is a global not-for-profit technology organization that develops integrated tools and services to enable people to generate solutions and mobilize communities for good. We build our open-source software to empower people through citizen-generated data to develop solutions that strengthen their communities. Our users are equipped to rapidly and purposefully gather, analyze, respond and act on data and information. Since our founding in 2008 as a tool to monitor and map post-election violence in Kenya,… Read all
Ushahidi is a global not-for-profit technology organization that develops integrated tools and services to enable people to generate solutions and mobilize communities for good. We build our open-source software to empower people through citizen-generated data to develop solutions that strengthen their communities. Our users are equipped to rapidly and purposefully gather, analyze, respond and act on data and information. Since our founding in 2008 as a tool to monitor and map post-election violence in Kenya, Ushahidi’s crowdsourcing tools have been used by thousands of groups and millions of people to raise voices, inform decisions, stop suffering and influence change.
Set against six million companies
Size
11-50 people: larger than 33% of companies with a size listed. 40 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
18 years old.
Reach
Website ranked #2,197,741 in the world for traffic, about 9k visits a month. 6,447 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
Information TechnologymHealthNon ProfitOpen SourceSoftwareUshahidi Services - Customized versions of Ushahidi's tools to suit your project's needs.
Funding, as listed
$2.3M raised in total
- Rounds7
- LatestGrant, Oct 2017
- Latest amountUSD 194,000
- Investors5, 2 leading
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The company
- Name
- Ushahidi
- Type
- Non profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2008
- Founders
- David Kobia, Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich, Ory Okolloh
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Categories
- Information Technology, mHealth, Non Profit, Open Source, Software
- Specialities
- Ushahidi Services - Customized versions of Ushahidi's tools to suit your project's needs.
Where
- Country
- Kenya
- Markets
- East Coast, Southern US
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 11-50
- People on LinkedIn
- 40
- LinkedIn followers
- 6,447
- Web traffic rank
- #2,197,741
- Monthly web visits
- 9,086
- Apps
- 7
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $2,289,901 USD
- Rounds
- 7
- Latest round
- Grant
- Latest round date
- Oct 2017
- Latest amount
- 194,000 USD
- Investors
- 5
- Lead investors
- 2
- Listing status
- private
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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