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MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California. Ushahidi has built a new IT device called BRCK (pronounced "brick") that deals with problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. Find out more about this here.

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MARCH 29, 2017

We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. Image 1 : afromusing / CC BY. Image 2 : afromusing / CC BY.

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APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. It is a $250 Wi-Fi router and mobile modem with eight hours of battery life; it addresses the problem of frequent Internet service and electricity outages in much of the developing world. Image : Olga Berrios / CC BY.

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