One
his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg’s has made a surprise
visit to Nigeria, Africa’s most populace nation (170-milllion people) and Facebook largest
market with 18-million users.
“This is
my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. “I’ll
be meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup
ecosystem in Nigeria. The energy here is amazing and I’m excited to learn as
much as I can.”
“Our
first stop is the Co-creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB) in Yaba. I got to talk to
kids at a summer coding camp and entrepreneurs who come to CcHub to build and
launch their apps. I’m looking forward to meeting more people here!” Zuckerberg
wrote. He has 78-million followers on Facebook.
Yaba is
in the capital Lagos and is considered the closest to a Silicon Valley, and is
home to CcHUB, which wrote on its Facebook page “We were Mark Zuckerberg’s FIRST STOP
on his FIRST TRIP EVER to Sub-Saharan Africa. Can you beat that??? Awesome time
hosting a genuine world changer…”
Facebook
said in a statement that “Zuckerberg is in Nigeria to listen and learn and take
ideas back to California on how Facebook can better support tech development
and entrepreneurship across Africa.”
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