Citizen Media Expert Interviews: Juliana Rotich

Today's Expert, Juliana Rotich, is originally from Kenya where she spent her early life and schooling. She later moved to the US where she majored in IT and has worked in the industry for over ten years.

She collaborated with the online community and co-founded Ushahidi which is the Swahili word for testimony. Ushahidi is a web based reporting system that utilizes crowdsourced data to formulate visual map information of a crisis on a real-time basis. As a Program Director for Ushahidi she manages projects and aids in the development and testing of the Ushahidi platform.

She also blogs at 'Afromusing' blog, typically with a focus on African tech and renewable energy. She is a budding African Futurist and a TED Senior Fellow. She often speaks at international conferences about tech and Africa.


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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Ashoka
• Changemakers
• Google
• Citizen Media
• media
• journalism
• technology
• innovation
• social entrepreneurship