The Ushaidi Platform can be used for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping of a specific topic. It was created as a tool for documenting the post-electoral violent events in Kenya 2008. Meanwhile, a number of other initiatives in Africa use this platform. For a list of projects see table of contents (as at April 2011). Ushaidi Blog was awarded best of the blogs by Deutsche Welle in 2010. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Articles around the topic of "open source" in Africa ("A main principle and practice of open source software development is peer production by bartering and collaboration, with the end-product, source-material, 'blueprints', and documentation available at no cost to the public." according to en.wikipedia) and generally on the topic of ICTs in Africa. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
Voice of Kibera is a citizen reporting project based in Kibera, Nairobi (one of the largest slums in Africa). The project is an initiative of Map Kibera and uses the Ushahidi platform to aggregate and map reports. Voice of Kibera aims to give collective global voice to Kibera residents by aggregating local citizen reports, Kibera community media and other relevant news and information. ... [according to site editor's information]