[kictanet] Facebook CEO goes to Nigeria to witness Africa's tech revolution

Wed Aug 31 07:25:46 EAT 2016

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Facebook CEO goes to Nigeria to witness Africa's tech revolution
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*PRESS RELEASE*

*Facebook CEO goes to Nigeria to witness Africa's tech revolution*

*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*

LONDON, United Kingdom, August 30, 2016/ -- Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) (
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Nigeria this week on his first trip to
Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in
Lagos, meet with developers and partners, and explore Nollywood.

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.

One of his first stops on the trip was to visit a 'Summer of Code Camp' at
the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Yaba, known as the Silicon Valley of
Nigeria.

CcHub opened in 2011 and at the time didn't even have an office. Five years
later they fill three floors and the roof of a building. At CcHub people
can learn how to code, developers can get help launching their first
products, and find mentors and funding.

At CcHub Zuckerberg met with developers like Temi Giwa, who runs a platform
called Life Bank (http://www.LifeBank.ng
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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.

After visiting CcHub Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, 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.”

*Meeting developers at Andela*

Mark then went to Andela, an engineering organization that is building the
next generation of technical leaders in Africa.

Andela is a business that recruits the most talented technologists in
Africa and shapes them into world-class developers through a four-year
technical leadership program. In the two years since it was founded, Andela
has accepted just over 200 engineers from a pool of more than 40,000
applicants. Andela developers spend six months mastering a technical stack
and contributing to open source projects before being placed with global
technology companies as full-time, distributed teammates, working out of
Andela headquarters in Lagos and Nairobi.

Earlier this year, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invested in Andela after
being impressed by the company's innovative model of learning and its drive
to connect the global technology ecosystem with the most talented
developers in Africa.

Seni Sulyman, Director, Andela Lagos, said: “We are excited and honored to
welcome Mark Zuckerberg to Lagos. His visit reinforces not only his support
of Andela’s mission, but his belief that indeed the next generation of
great technology leaders will come out of Lagos, Nigeria and cities across
Africa. Andela has created a platform for passionate, driven software
developers and engineers to break into the global tech ecosystem, but the
barriers to entry are still very high. Mark’s visit demonstrates to all
Nigerian developers and entrepreneurs that they’ve caught the attention of
the tech world, and they are capable of succeeding on a truly global
level."

At the end of the day Zuckerberg stopped by an Express WiFi stand in Lagos
owned by Rosemary Njoku. Facebook's Express WiFi lets entrepreneurs like
Rosemary set up a hot spot to help their community access apps and services
built by local developers.

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