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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