SODNET, Ushahidi (www.ushahidi.com) and the Innovation Hub of Nairobi (iHUB) were yesterday featured on the White House blog.The organizations have been taking lead in a competition that brings together technology developers, civil society and citizens in a conversation that will lead to the development of ICT tools that could improve the lives of citizens.

Vienna, July 19th 2010

A global alliance of international organizations, including the heads of UNICEF, UNAIDS and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as well as other NGOs including the Pan African Treatment Access Movement, Health GAP, Ugandan Pediatric Association and the Global AIDS Alliance today agreed to take concerted action to eliminate pediatric HIV/AIDS over the next five years, preventing nearly 400,000 children annually from beginning their lives infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

The Social Development Network’s main aim is to promote and facilitate effective strategic alliances among members and interested groups within Kenya. As a network, SODNET’s mandate is anchored on the need to restore the institutional integrity and civic sovereignty of the social sector. INFONET, a SODNET programme, originated in 2007, based on the need to create convergences on actions that are critical to the development of the human person. This attached presentation provides an outline of INFONET and its use of various ICT tools to promote accountability of service delivery. 

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and ambassador Michael Ranneberger announced the launch of the“Apps 4 Africa” contest on 1st July 2010.The regional competition seeks to harness the power of African software developers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda and leverage the power of digital technology to improve the lives of ordinary people in East Africa and worldwide."Apps 4 Africa" will bring together local developers and local civil society organizations (CSOs) to build technology tools to solve regional problems.