It’s been all-hands-on-deck at Ushahidi this week, as we close out the remaining days before unleashing dramatic design changes next week to deployers worldwide. There’s two big features coming, however, that we’re eager to prepare you for.

After re-launching Ushahidi last October, we stopped guessing who the typical Ushahidi user was, and how they needed the software to work. Instead, we pushed everything aside so they could tell us. And now we're preparing to release what they designed.

Ushahidi has received a USD 1.5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) U.S. Global Development Lab.

We’ve beefed up Ushahidi’s toolset for teams that manage large, sensitive data sets with the release of “Responder.”

Ushahidi has experience in building tools for anti corruption initiatives around the world. From Brazil to Morocco to Indonesia to Kosovo people are using Ushahidi to increase transparency and accountability in their communities. We not only understand how developments in technology and innovation mean that government and citizens can interact like never before, we live it.