Technology solutions

Ushahidi uses crowdsourcing for “activist mapping”, combining social activism, citizen journalism and geospatial data. A free and open-source platform, Ushahidi can help create a temporal and geospatial archive of events.

Jigsaw’s Montage gives war crime investigators the tools to analyze vast amounts of YouTube footage and has been particularly effective in reviewing footage from conflict zones such as Syria.

Atrocity Watch provides an early warning of precursors to genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity though crowd sourcing and big-data analytics

DDOS attacks are a type of digital attack used to censor information by taking websites offline. Project Shield works by filtering out harmful traffic and absorbing traffic through caching.

eutsche Telekom and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) are launching Volksverschlusselung, a simple and free e-mail encryption service.

gital Democracy is “partnering with indigenous communities in the Amazon basin to support their efforts to map & monitor their territories.

Circulor, a UK-based company, has created a system based on blockchain that allows mining companies ensure their minerals are responsibly sourced.

Bluenumbers can measure if SDG investments are actually delivering the benefits promised to individuals. Government, CSR and sustainability practitioners can directly measure if they are making progress and if people’s lives are getting better.

Bluenumber helps small farmers sell more. We know where they are and what standards they practice. This means buyers can see farmers and know where supply is available. Buyers can train farmers in specific areas to meet the practice and safety standards they need.