[kictanet] Is Mark Zuckerberg around?

Thu Sep 1 23:38:32 EAT 2016

Meanwhile, as Kenyan innovators are being celebrated, other innovators are
having a #youtubeisoverparty

http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/youtube-advertiser-friendly-guidelines-phil-de-franco-youtube-is-over-party-backlash/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial#REAw0F18fSq7

Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel!
http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I also see that some of the suggestions here did make it onto his
> schedule. Really good stuff and inspiring to entrepreneurs.
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> *PRESS RELEASE*
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> *Facebook CEO visits Nairobi to see Kenyan Innovation in Action*
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> *Zuckerberg is in Kenya to see how technology innovation is changing the
> country*
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> LONDON, United Kingdom, September 1, 2016/ -- Facebook (www.Facebook.com
> <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h2/HReIXvq0RM03LwZz7OokprGNU6-2BCfKvdBGSDS-2F4X8iU-3D>) CEO
> Mark Zuckerberg is visiting Kenya this week on his first trip to Africa,
> using his time in the country to visit the iHub technology hub in Nairobi,
> meet with developers and partners, and explore how the country’s pioneering
> mobile money ecosystem is evolving.
>
> Zuckerberg is in Kenya to see how technology innovation is changing the
> country, learn more about what mobile entrepreneurs are doing with the
> latest technology, and find out how Facebook can better support small
> businesses, developers and content creators across growing markets.
>
> He landed in Kenya yesterday after visiting Lagos, Nigeria.  He was
> particularly excited to see how mobile money and social media are driving
> commerce in the region and creating new opportunities for entrepreneurs and
> communities.
>
> One of Zuckerberg’s first stops on the trip was iHub, an Innovation hub
> and hacker space started in March 2010 by TED fellow and entrepreneur, Eric
> Hersman. Here, he met developers and entrepreneurs:
>
>    - Edna Kwinga, Chief Human Resource Officer and Marie Amuti, UX
>    designer at Twiga Foods
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h3/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAV2WIOEQGT-2Bs7PSHMc3Yh5yjD7QJIz5SccR8S90WxGnwkJIlOe6vJkZ5maDfWu-2FElyD-2FlXDp306IdJAYd6nEJ0C4UYAFoiwEApOu9WPzojRDiH5HP-2BzXQECN2qJ6Ph4Ik3x5h3aEigeJa7nbX1zCU8sFPKf7RvD280LJ9qxyDMNd5aB-2F2hXPbWKa-2Bd7TrseXN7KhE3Xdcm-2BjH8-2B1bRw4j2LWQROptRt04xfzEMJl3-2BE9uZxIzLBy2PTwMb953UbEWIGqOSpKL-2FM0mNcKEGdpu8yWRFfwbjAJZnpvlenb24GEcn6V-2F45HTPKbbwLTtvSQV8mQ1r-2FooGdOAMm-2Bi9r3wTDcl7d4kR7vpnPwttBpu5Ts7zYBlZCQKiODNXO0cyzWyG95LrEYiVjV0JhhjeoegQ-2FGqMCvG-2BlC5IR7xMM9N-2BkbFBOJvCBQPBjHKERJ8F3-2BYHUuS4uK-2BDXq76TnWE2MfnTwocIN-2FOVTwTFoseoTpz3i-2BcvWmCybRMw-2FRcsXWB-2FzwVg-3D-3D>
>    (http://TwigaFoods.com
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h4/zyfFkZ8c-2FUhjyl-2FxJ8Vr4UJiVI4mAuWIDIvelOEnaVk-3D>),
>    a mobile based-business-to-business supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables.
>    - Eric Thimba and Porgie Gachui co-founders of Mookh
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h5/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAVx3GP40EDQYxusy1fyFCKzd6sD74bmk7uD3MmJPpv5B2ed264Xp-2FqDe3cREws2Ds-2Bn2shlkfGOfIjRVJoyh3x1RDwvXeB9REbku3aYHYnu3fVCCQrPrrtwsfP72lYOR9fycfraJ-2BeI1sEDn4GGtUSSLMZl8sACTYmXjKn0-2FTVxqnw2jiJUia2UixIrnJXdG4px9VEv-2BocoD6oWHg5H4QBYXNZtmVquNovq0QuW0CUKpes-2BRGoAGPX5j3km-2BSdJmON8mgLXSsV-2FDFbj2FVf-2Fx-2FKAo3fFsn01FStuo-2BGZMAHzItDEEQLiLvDg5BLgnBVAcfA-2FC8YlQFfhLXp3UDuBLzvrttHK-2FFybYIOe2Gllx3o1Ffw8LfgO3k4XC7p6e6xaT5DiEckave45KjfXm-2Fg17QetRp2TwkOrValkA-2BP8kWdObBG7xidzTtawTlGB4KxBfSWChbTtTLDk55lPKyu2nxh8-3D>
>    (https://myMookh.com
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h6/D8GRfLdDtDcUIKT2P2CleuCpUqDzaWiKVlC-2BCIMfU1g-3D>),
>    a digital payments start-up.
>    - Wandia Gichuru, CEO, and Makena Mutwiri, Head of Marketing of Vivo
>    Active Wear
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h7/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAV8LITQq1uq6eqrolbXB8dlL6ykmjqSv8-2F0-2FrvtXcSJ0hbcDHxNGuNraRxP-2F-2FmVWlHT-2FRbks3O5FouYJLqGJCNQLGDaeqlNngtZ-2B5bXINQF6PPQXpfLEyz84OZedNH5ePXA-3D-3D>
>    (https://web.Facebook.com/vivoactivewear/?_rdr
>    <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h8/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAV5HSBMSh7cmRHAEu2fEXnhvdFAzoFK-2BY3BDCU1ELagXDUixuq-2F12yvAo1soWFu6GesPwlht-2FsCotXrxUlj4oxRdDrUmeVO-2FXyfLVqF-2Fb8Murky1I67yvYnIHrOyxYVEGEQ-3D-3D>),
>    an online women’s clothes store does most of its business via Facebook,
>    Instagram and Whatsapp. The transactions are conducted with mobile money.
>
> Zuckerberg also spent some time hanging out with developers in The
> Community Space and marveling over the ingenuity of BRCK, an
> American-owned, Kenya-based start-up that built a rugged, self-powered,
> mobile WiFi device which connects people and things to the internet in
> areas of the world with poor infrastructure.
>
> “Just landed in Nairobi! I'm here to meet with entrepreneurs and
> developers, and to learn about mobile money - where Kenya is the world
> leader” says Zuckerberg.  “I'm starting at a place called iHub, where
> entrepreneurs can build and prototype their ideas. Two of the engineers I
> met, Fausto and Mark, designed a system to help people use mobile payments
> to buy small amounts of cooking gas, which is a lot safer and better for
> the environment than charcoal or kerosene. It's inspiring to see how
> engineers here are using mobile money to build businesses and help their
> community”.
>
> Zuckerberg later posted “I had lunch in Nairobi with Joseph Mucheru, the
> Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of Information and Communications. We talked about
> internet access and his ambitious plans for connecting everyone in Kenya.
> We ate at a place everyone recommended;  MAMA Oliech Restaurant
> (http://APO.af/zOr0sJ). One of my favorite parts of traveling to a new
> place is trying local food. I enjoyed ugali and a whole fried tilapia for
> the first time and loved them both!”
>
> *Distributed by APO on behalf of Facebook. *
>
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> *SOURCE*
> Facebook
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> Eric Thimba and Porgie Gachui, co-founders of Mookh; Wandia Gichuru, CEO,
> and Makena Mutwiri, Head of Marketing of Vivo Active Wear; Mark Zuckerberg,
> Ime Archibong, Emeka Afigbo of Facebook; Edna Kwinga, Human Resource
> Officer, and Marie Amuti, UX designer of Twiga Foods
> <http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h11/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAV2MC7dE1e-2BjxcATEhNLJtAZM-2Bq4I7qfOz4CWwAqwTeHCs9rYsu7Vvty6udfdSWSwfXpyokclrCZglo4sdcpFr4k0NotDk3HR-2FC0kmwfxc0HiQJBYzf-2FhKHq3LRvMG-2B2A8arGpET-2BVFuGnJcMJ3vj-2BQMRWAFtNQkHFIfCwYTRQWQykOY6FcAN1tQiumis-2BkGrQhqQcRUb9kC6sEaYovrQ-2FI0vcfefrdmanLf9tTOQf32boxdgCEvdmf6TtMWdiDrxwmC0QtWglRiQA5S-2FviHhuof-2BI3MkRBcWLQfX-2B0QSbamD>
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:27 PM, waudo siganga via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Is Facebook founder Zuckerberg in Nairobi? I have seen pictures like the
>> attached showing a mzungu enjoying *rech* at Mama Oliech's kiosk in
>> Hurlingham with our ministry people. Perhaps, being a college drop-out he
>> could lend his views on the so-called "ICT practitioners bill" or better
>> still he could be given an appointment with Duale.
>>
>> W.
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