While Kenya Votes, Ushahidi Does Its Part

Fast Company catches up with Erik Hersman, the man behind the groundbreaking crowdsourcing tool, Ushahidi, as Kenya holds its constitutional referendum.

I first met Erik Hersman, 2009 TED Fellow and founder of Ushahidi, about a year and a half ago at the 2009 We Media conference in Miami. Since then, he's relocated back to Kenya, founded Nairobi's first iHub, and is now working on Uchaguzi to monitor today's constitutional referendum in Kenya. While churches fight over the draft...