Mark Zuckerberg arrives Nigeria unannounced
Wed Aug 31, 2016 07:20:am Gist
4.7K By Buchi Obichie
Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, 32, on Tuesday arrived Nigeria unannounced.
The tech entrepreneur surprisingly made a sudden visit and inspection of activities at the Co-Creation Hub, Yaba Lagos.
His surprise visit to Nigeria is supposedly connected to the Facebook for developers' workshop' for Nigerian engineers, product managers and partners holding today in Lagos.
Before his arrival, it was earlier announced that the company's Director of Global product Partnerships, Nigeria's Ime Archibong was to lead speakers to the event where Facebook would unveil a ten-year roadmap that can help improve Nigeria's economy.
According to a source, Zuckerberg's visit was unannounced for security reasons.
At CcHub, Zuckerberg met with developers like Temi Giwa, who runs a platform called Life Bank that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria. Life Bank saves lives by mobilizing blood donations, taking inventory of all blood available in the country, and delivering blood in the right condition to where it is needed.
Speaking about his visit to the CcHub, the Facebook founder said, "This is my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. 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.
"The first place I got to visit was 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 in Nigeria."
As of March this year, Facebook had hit over 1.65 billion monthly active users out of which 7.1 million people are daily users from Nigeria. This makes the country Africa's biggest user of the social media platform.
The tech entrepreneur surprisingly made a sudden visit and inspection of activities at the Co-Creation Hub, Yaba Lagos.
His surprise visit to Nigeria is supposedly connected to the Facebook for developers' workshop' for Nigerian engineers, product managers and partners holding today in Lagos.
Before his arrival, it was earlier announced that the company's Director of Global product Partnerships, Nigeria's Ime Archibong was to lead speakers to the event where Facebook would unveil a ten-year roadmap that can help improve Nigeria's economy.
According to a source, Zuckerberg's visit was unannounced for security reasons.
At CcHub, Zuckerberg met with developers like Temi Giwa, who runs a platform called Life Bank that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria. Life Bank saves lives by mobilizing blood donations, taking inventory of all blood available in the country, and delivering blood in the right condition to where it is needed.
Speaking about his visit to the CcHub, the Facebook founder said, "This is my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. 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.
"The first place I got to visit was 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 in Nigeria."
As of March this year, Facebook had hit over 1.65 billion monthly active users out of which 7.1 million people are daily users from Nigeria. This makes the country Africa's biggest user of the social media platform.
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