One of the biggest problem right now in Central African Republic is the perception in the two different communities, Christian and Muslims, that the two fighting movements, the Seleka and the Anti-Balaka, are the same thing than the communities themselves. … Continue reading
[Cross posted from the Internews Centre for Innovation & Learning website] It has been 2 years since I have been in Bangui. It is exactly how I remembered it: dusty, noisy, chaotic and fascinating. On the way from the airport … Continue reading
[This blog post os cross posted on the Ushahidi blog] It is done. I have been dreaming about this project for the past 2 years and today, I am incredibly proud to announce the launch of the Internews Crisis Map for Central … Continue reading
I have meant to write this blog post since very long time. But I never did since I realized that I am not sure I know what exactly I want to say on the matter. So, take this blog post for … Continue reading
At ICCM 2011 we could not miss the usual conversation about “rising expectations” in the local populations when doing a crisis mapping deployment. I have already said that, but I will repeat it here, since it seems a very difficult … Continue reading
Einstein said with his relativity theory that: “The laws of physics are the same for all inertial reference frames.” When I look at information systems I think we are in front of the antithesis of the relativity theory. In my … Continue reading
I am in Bangui. Central African Republic. Another African country affected by war, hunger, poverty and corruption. Not quite. This is one of the worst I have even seen, even if I cannot say I have seen that many. But … Continue reading
Here some of the projects I have worked on or directly managed. Rumors Tracker – Ebola Response in Liberia (2015) I created and managed a rumors tracking system in Liberia during the 2015/2015 Ebola crisis in collaboration with UNICEF. The … Continue reading
It has been a long time since I wrote in here and it is quite nice to be back. In the past 5 years I have been more and more absorbed in my job and I had literally no time … Continue reading
Diary of a Crisis Mapper 