The Guardian’s Anna Scott invited me to join the April 11th session on Making ICTs work for social justice and development. It was a vibrant discussion. Here are some of the best bits.
Some of my input:
A tool is only as good as the wider project: Successful projects need a mandate, a plan, a target audience and set metrics before any tool is applied. When people come to me asking about using Ushahidi to map their data, I ask them to prove to me why they need a map, and ask what their offline and online programme is outside of the technology.
The Guardian hosts live chats once a week on a wide range of topics. It was exciting to discuss topics ranging from security to project management. See future topics for the Global Development Professionals Network.
