[kictanet] How Facebook Stumbled On Its Quest to Give Internet Away For Free

[Nanjira Sambuli]

It’s the dev relations team in town, and they are hosting this event  <https://t.co/bLWKp5LaTc>on Thursday, at Nairobi Startup Garage… 

> On 26 Jan 2016, at 22:42, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> Thanks Nanjira for sharing. I'm keen to have a one on one with Facebook guys who are in town..:-)
> 
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> On 26 Jan 2016, at 10:27 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Nanjira.
>> 
>> At least now we have a techsavy CS, probably we will see some positive
>> change in this debate that has dragged for years in this list.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> On 26/01/2016, Nanjira Sambuli via kictanet
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
>>> For those still keen on this issue. Goes back to acquisitions of Snaptu and
>>> Onavo. Very interesting.
>>> 
>>> Memorable quote:
>>> 
>>> ""You cannot present a marketing strategy as an important public policy in a
>>> country. If it's going to be a market strategy, then do it as a market
>>> strategy and we can deal with that. But when you mix it with the public
>>> policies, it's a whole world that opens that is not good."
>>> 
>>> What shall it be, for Kenya? Btw, technology neutrality is listed as a
>>> principle in the National Broadband Strategy...
>>> 
>>> http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/how-facebooks-plan-to-give-the-world-free-mobile-internet-we#.kcxE7w225 <http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/how-facebooks-plan-to-give-the-world-free-mobile-internet-we#.kcxE7w225>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Nanjira.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone.
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Nanjira Sambuli
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