MAVC

Last week the eyes of the world were focused on Kenya as Nairobi hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

It is often stated that technology is not a panacea solution to any problem, especially problems in governance and citizen engagement. Here at Ushahidi we often say that technology is only 10% of the solution. The other 90% is about people and the partnerships they form.

By Monica Nthiga, Programme Officer, Africa, and Kevin Fender, Fellow, Making All Voices Count.

Two weeks ago our team gathered in Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW conference. A few of us were speaking, a few of us live there, and a few of us came for a Ushahidi design team hit team meeting. Altogether we had nine team members in Austin at different times throughout the week.

Post by Ken Banks, Innovation Strategy and Fellowships Director
Ushahidi / Making All Voices Count

Cross posted from the Making All Voices Count Blog. See original article here.

Cross-posted from the Making All Voices Count Blog. View the original article here.

[Cross-posted from an article by Jessica Day, a marketing and technology writer and editor for IdeaScale on the innovation excellence blog.

(Cross-posted  from the official Making All Voices Count Blog)
The Global Innovation Competition called for new, ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas to enhance government transparency and accountability in Making All Voices Count’s 12 programme countries.

So it begins! Today we launched the Global Innovation Competition!
£65,000 to the winner. £35,000 each to the two runner-ups and seven £5,000 prizes.