Solve Local Problems
Erik Hersman, also know as White African after his tech blog and twitter handle of the same name, creates local solutions based on existing technology. His organization Ushahidi finds new use cases for technology based on omnipresent tools. By making open source platforms everyone can use, modify and improve, Erik is changing the flow of information, power and development.
Today’s Episode
Meet Erik and learn how you can create new solutions with existing tools in today’s episode. We discuss:
- How to build a local community and how to find local champions
- How or if rural communities are different in different parts of the world
- Open source solutions and why Ushahidi has chosen to create open solutions
- The future of what’s next and how his latest product BRCK solves a local solution of bad internet service and how that solution could be used elsewhere
You can learn more about his organization Ushahidi in our previous post on creating good ideas. We also recommend checking out his newest product, BRCK, the backup generator for the Internet.
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