Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better
Ushahidi, which translates to "testimony” in Swahili, was developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election violence in 2008. Since then, thousands have used our crowdsourcing tools to... read more raise their voice. We’re a technology leader in Africa, headquartered in Nairobi, with a global team. We are a social enterprise that provides software and services to numerous sectors and civil society to help improve the bottom up flow of information.
We believe that if marginalized people are able to easily communicate to those who aim to serve them...
...then those organizations and governments can more effectively respond to their communities' immediate needs...
...while simultaneously bringing global attention to their problems through the aggregation of their voices.
Ushahidi is a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection,visualization and interactive mapping.
Key Responsibilities
Champion the user at every stage of the design process. Conduct user research to understand their needs, pain points, and behaviors, and translate these insights into effect
Requirements
3+ years of experience in comparable positions, preferably in remote or hybrid teams.
Experience coordinating engineering efforts in Agile environments.
Tech stack:
REST A
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Ushahidi is offering a leading role in our Engineering team developing open-source applications with global scale. We are a small, passionate team building open source technology for th
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Ushahidi is looking for a Product Manager to help define our open source products vision and lead the efforts to see that vision through.
We are a small, passionate team building ope
Team meetings usually happen between 9:00 and 15:00 GMT. Your usual working ours should have a decent overlap with this range (3+ hours).
About This Role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engi
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This is a fully remote position in a global organization based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ideal time zones: GMT to GMT+6. Team-wide meetings are usually held at around 15:00 GMT.
About yo
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The Development Officer is a part-time contract position that reports directly to the Executive Director. The Development Officer will be responsible for researching, writing and coordi
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This is a fully remote position in a global organization based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ideal time zones: GMT to GMT+6. Team-wide meetings are usually held at around 15:00 GMT.
About yo
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Provide overall direction on all Ushahidi projects and programs projects
Oversee the Account Management function, ensuring delivery of client projects and high levels of client sat
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Ushahidi is looking for a senior designer to contribute to Ushahidi’s user experience and design systems. You’d work closely with other designers, product managers, engine
We are looking for a passionate user support representative to join our team. You will act as a bridge between users and product, provide users with peace of mind by setting appropriate expectations,
