Tuesday 23 August 2011

A Kenyan-born Harvard-trained lawyer tells us to keep digging



A Harvard-trained lawyer, activist and blogger, Kenyan-born Ory Okolloh spearheaded the founding of Ushahidi, a revolutionary crowd souring utility which enables citizen journalists and eyewitnesses all over the world to report incidences of violence through the web, mobile E-mail, SMS, and Twitter. Earlier this year, Okolloh assumed a new position as Google’s Policy Manager for Africa, and she is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential women in global technology.
Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family -- and how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parliament.

Click below to watch her speech


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We need more of these women in Africa
By MW - Kenya

Anonymous said...

Sasa wadau mmesikia dada karudi nyumbani kaacha mshiko mkubwa america. Uzalendo jamani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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