Joint Initiative Announced to Enhance KoboToolbox for Data Collection and Analysis in Displacement Contexts

Kobo Inc. and JDC have partnered to strengthen KoboToolbox, part of JDC’s ongoing effort to strengthen data systems and fill data gaps in order to improve the lives of people affected by displacement.

By Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement (JDC) and Kobo

Using the Public Collections Feature to Power Your Survey Creation

KoboToolbox’s Public Collections feature makes it easy to create, store, and share questions across surveys, teams, and organizations. KoboToolbox’s Public Collections feature makes it easy to create, store, and share questions across surveys, teams, and organizations.

By Kobo

How KoboToolbox and Purposeful’s radio drama show support girls’ resistance in Sierra Leone

Purposeful, a feminist hub based in Sierra Leone, was able to stay connected with over 15,000 girls throughout the country during COVID-19 by loading the KoboCollect app onto 700 smartphones and distributing them to over 700 mentors for their Girls' Circle program.

By Purposeful and Kobo

The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon and how KoboToolbox is aiding humanitarian efforts

Despite shifting global attention toward the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 and 2021, the war devastating Syria and its people drags on. The lives of millions of Syrians fleeing for safety continues to be precarious and their futures uncertain.

By Joshua Beretta

TWB and Kobo Inc develop speech recognition technology to capture voices of speakers of marginalized languages

Translators without Borders (TWB) and Kobo with funding from the Cisco Foundation, will develop automatic speech recognition technology to help humanitarians better collect data from speakers of marginalized languages in low-literacy contexts.

By Kobo