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

[Grace Githaiga]

Thanks Nanjira for this. Quite informative! I didn't realize this has been the journey. Wah!RgdsG

> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:06:49 +0300
> Subject: [kictanet] How Facebook Stumbled On Its Quest to Give Internet Away	For Free
> From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> CC: nanjira at ihub.co.ke
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
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> For those still keen on this issue. Goes back to acquisitions of Snaptu and Onavo. Very interesting. 
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> Memorable quote: 
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> ""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."
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> What shall it be, for Kenya? Btw, technology neutrality is listed as a principle in the National Broadband Strategy...
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> http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/how-facebooks-plan-to-give-the-world-free-mobile-internet-we#.kcxE7w225
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> Regards, 
> Nanjira.
> 
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