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I believe in the power of ideas. I believe in the power of sharing knowledge.

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Technology is the perfect refuge for African capability stifled elsewhere by badly run governments and years of misplaced foreign aid. Ubiquitous connectivity in a world without legacy infrastructure, together with the potential to learn coding or anything else online, has allowed technology entrepreneurship to flourish.

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Anyone who has been successful and has knowledge to share is a potential mentor.

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I resigned from my position as Ushahidi Executive Director and member of the Board in 2010. However, my role as a co-founder and my journey as a woman in the technology space means that I remain inextricably linked to Ushahidi, for better or worse.

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While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.

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The city of Johannesburg built an app because they are getting so many complaints on Facebook and Twitter about potholes. The app allows you to report a pot hole and take a picture of it. Then, you can actually track the progress in terms of the repair, when it happened.

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I didn't grow up in the slums or anything that dire, but I know what it is to grow up without having money or being able to support family.

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I probably can win a prize for the most ways to use a Harvard Law School degree because of all the things I'm doing.

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That's one thing you Americans take for granted, you know? That you can grow up, you know, not so good circumstances, and you can move. Just because you are born in rural Arkansas, whatever, that doesn't define who you are.

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Blogging requires consistency, and you need to have some time on your hands, which I don't really have.

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Biography

Nationality: Kenyan

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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