Juliana Rotich · Co-founder · Ushahidi / BRCK · The WLS 100 · 2026 Edition
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Juliana Rotich

Co-founder

Pionnière tech kenyane. Crowdsourcing de crise.

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University of Missouri
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A Kenyan technologist, Juliana Rotich co-founded Ushahidi in 2008, a crowdsourced mapping platform first built to document post-election violence in Kenya and since deployed in dozens of countries, from the Haiti earthquake to humanitarian crises worldwide. She went on to co-found BRCK, which designs rugged connectivity hardware for underserved regions, and helped establish Nairobi's iHub, the incubator of East Africa's technology scene. A TED Senior Fellow, she has also led financial innovation programs at Safaricom, the operator behind M-Pesa.

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Her tools, built in Africa for the world, changed how citizens document crises: measurable impact and international reach that grew out of societal commitment.

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