Thursday, August 3, 2017

July in Africa: Sexual harassment, political tech and Jack Ma’s money


Silicon Valley’s sexual harassment crisis broke over the “Silicon Savannah” over the last month, with flagship Kenyan startup Ushahidi at the heart of it. The company, which has developed a platform that allows people to crowdmap in crisis situations, fired executive director Daudi Were following an investigation into sexual harassment claims lodged by Angela Kabari, a former employee of the company. Kabari had complained that Were made lewd comments and told her to have sex with another colleague, publishing in a post. Ushahidi, which came in for a lot of criticism for its slow response to the issue, was finally…

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