We’ve confirmed that Mark Zuckerberg is at the
CoCreation Hub, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria at this very moment. Apparently, he
arrived this afternoon and is meeting witha
few key players in the
Nigerian tech ecosystem.
Mark was in Rome with
his wife, Priscilla, until a few hours ago (according to his Facebook page). He held a Q&A session,
visited the Pope and did a few “touristy” things. This visit to Nigeria wasn’t
announced so you’ll permit if I go off into speculation.
There’s been a lot of Facebook-related development in
Nigeria so there’s a ton of reasons why Mark may be visiting. First, Free Basics launched in Nigeria and Markshowed his support for the Jobberman team. Then the
Chan-Zuckerberg Initiativeinvested $24 million in Andela. Facebook’s developer workshop is happening tomorrow, and yesterday,
we reported that Facebook is partnering with Cool Link to launch Express Wifi in Lagos some
time this week.
I reckon Mark is in Nigeria to kill all these birds –
visit Jobberman, the Andela team he’s invested in, attend the developer
workshop, launch Express Wifi AND have policy-centred conversations with the
Nigerian government to further Facebook’s cause.
You’ll know more when we know more.
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