Magpi

Magpi, Inc.

Industry	Software
Founded	2003 (as DataDyne)
Headquarters	Washington, DC
Key people	Joel Selanikio (CEO, Co-Founder) Rose Donna (COO, Co-Founder)
Products	Magpi (home.magpi.com)
Website	http://home.magpi.com

Magpi is a software company, founded in 2003 by Dr. Joel Selanikio and Rose Donna under the name DataDyne, and is based out of Washington, D.C and Nairobi, Kenya. The company provides a mobile data collection platform designed for mobile app, SMS, and IVR (interactive voice response) data collection in the field. The software also provides data visualization, and broadcast SMS and audio messaging, and can be configured by users to customize functionality. Magpi’s software, initially called EpiSurveyor, was the first cloud-based, software-as-a-service product created for global health and international development. The core product and company were both renamed to Magpi in 2013.

The company's origins and philosophy were detailed by Dr. Selanikio in a 2013 TED talk: "The Big Data Revolution in Health." Initially focused on global health and international development, Magpi is now used in many other sectors, and within both developed and developing countries.

Notable users include World Health Organization, UNICEF, Deloitte, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

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

Magpi was utilized by the CDC and the Instituto Nacional Saude Publica in Guinea-Bissau in 2014 as part of a SMS-based surveillance system for Ebola outbreaks in the region. This zero-reporting system was setup and operational within 8 hours for rapid reporting during the outbreak.

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

Magpi has received numerous awards, including:

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