David Kobia is a Kenyan programmer and one of the co-founders of

Ushahidi Ushahidi is an open source software application which utilises user-generated reports to collate and map data. It uses the concept of crowdsourcing serving as an initial model for what has been coined as "activist mapping" - the combination o ...

. He programmed the first version of the site. Kobia was named "'Humanitarian of the Year" by MIT's ''Technology Review''. In 2011, Kobia accepted a

Webby Award The Webby Awards are awards for excellence on the Internet presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include ...

on behalf of Ushahidi.

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