Africa success story Kenya has seen a budding tech community arise that now turns towards elections

Kenya’s budding tech community can be made stronger

Kenya’s geeks click away to ensure peaceful polls

AFP – Five years ago, a handful of bloggers invented a way to track — and hopefully prevent — bloody post-election violence that hit Kenya and claimed more than 1,100 lives. The group of friends that set up Ushahidi — which means “to witness” in Kenya’s Swahili language — have seen their concept become reality.

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