Magpi

This article is about the software company. For the Raspberry Pi magazine, see The MagPi. For the bird, see Magpie.

Magpi is a software company, founded in 2003 by Joel Selanikio and Rose Donna under the name DataDyne, and is based in Washington, D.C., USA and Nairobi, Kenya.^[1]

Magpi, Inc.

Industry	Software
Founded	2003 (as DataDyne)
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., USA
Key people	Joel Selanikio (CEO, Co-founder) Rose Donna (COO, Co-founder)
Products	Magpi (home.magpi.com)
Website	home.magpi.com

The company's origins were detailed by Selanikio in a 2013 TED talk: "The Big Data Revolution in Health".^[2][3]

Users

Magpi has been used by the WHO and others as part of evaluation efforts for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.^[4]

In 2014, Magpi was used by the Instituto Nacional Saude Publica in Guinea-Bissau in a pilot investigation of SMS disease reporting.^[5]

Magpi continues to be used by the IFRC in the Central African Republic since 2013 to improve reporting from health facilities in conflict areas.^[6]

Awards

Magpi has received numerous awards, including:

• 21st Century Achievement Award for Collaboration – The Computer World (2012)^[7]
• FRIDA Award for contributing to the information society in Latin America (2010)
• Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for Healthcare (2009)^[8]
• The Tech Museum Award (2008)^[9]
• The Stockholm Challenge Award (2008)^[10]
• Social Enterprise of the Year – Fast Company (2009)^[11]
• The World Bank's Development Marketplace Competition (2003)

References

1. Roundtable On Health, Literacy; Board on Population Health Public Health Practice; Institute Of, Medicine; National Academies Of Sciences, Engineering (2015-10-21). Health Literacy and Consumer-Facing Technology. doi:10.17226/21781. ISBN 978-0-309-37690-7. PMID 26583169.
2. "The big-data revolution in healthcare". TED.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
3. Selanikio, Joel. "Joel Selanikio - Speaker - TED.com". TED.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
4. "GPEI-". PolioEradication.org. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
5. Daily zero-reporting for suspect Ebola using short message service (SMS) in Guinea-Bissau
6. "IFRC-RAMP-CAR-2016.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
7. "Harnessing the computing power of low-cost mobile phones". ComputerWorld.com.au. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
8. Plank, Willa (27 September 2010). "They Won. And Then What?". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 8 March 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
9. "Past Laureates". TheTech.org. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
10. . Telecentre.org. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
11. "The 10 Best Social Enterprises of 2009 - Fast Company - The Future Of Business". FastCompany.com. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Health Market Innovations Profile