<div dir="ltr">Meanwhile, as Kenyan innovators are being celebrated, other innovators are having a #youtubeisoverparty<br><br><a href="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">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</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Rock 'n' roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel! <br><a href="http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://kenyarockfilmfestivaljournal.blogspot.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I also see that some of the suggestions here did make it onto his schedule. Really good stuff and inspiring to entrepreneurs.<br><br>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>------------------------------<wbr>----------------<br><br><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9pt">APO content is <b>copyright free</b> and can be republished at will.</span></i><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></p></div><p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h1/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAVxd58WeCMMS4cp4qOEDY0Bw707Ub1ZiBf-2BTgb54iWUuq6QGM5ZX2DlTzbeF4Pgw5q-2BZhJ0Z1rrT3ItEczkizqhw-3D" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img alt="Facebook" src="http://africa-newsroom.com/files/thumb/0bb3679838aef4e/250/250" border="0"></span></a></p><p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><div><p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b>PRESS RELEASE</b><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Facebook CEO visits Nairobi to see Kenyan Innovation in Action</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><br></span></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Zuckerberg is in Kenya to see how technology innovation is changing the country</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><br></i></b></p></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">LONDON, United Kingdom, <span><span>September 1, 2016</span></span>/ -- Facebook (<a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h2/HReIXvq0RM03LwZz7OokprGNU6-2BCfKvdBGSDS-2F4X8iU-3D" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com</a>) 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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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:</p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal">Edna Kwinga, Chief Human Resource Officer and Marie Amuti, UX designer at <a href="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" target="_blank">Twiga Foods</a> (<a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h4/zyfFkZ8c-2FUhjyl-2FxJ8Vr4UJiVI4mAuWIDIvelOEnaVk-3D" target="_blank">http://TwigaFoods.com</a>), a mobile based-business-to-business supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Eric Thimba and Porgie Gachui co-founders of <a href="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" target="_blank">Mookh</a> (<a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h6/D8GRfLdDtDcUIKT2P2CleuCpUqDzaWiKVlC-2BCIMfU1g-3D" target="_blank">https://myMookh.com</a>), a digital payments start-up.</li><li class="MsoNormal">Wandia Gichuru, CEO, and Makena Mutwiri, Head of Marketing of <a href="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" target="_blank">Vivo Active Wear</a> (<a href="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" target="_blank">https://web.Facebook.com/vivo<wbr>activewear/?_rdr</a>),
an online women’s clothes store does most of its business via Facebook,
Instagram and Whatsapp. The transactions are conducted with mobile
money.</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom:12pt" class="MsoNormal">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.<br><br>“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”.<br><br>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; <a>MAMA Oliech Restaurant (http://APO.af/zOr0sJ).</a>
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!”</p><div style="margin-top:11.25pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of Facebook. </i></p></div><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0in"><a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h9/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAV9Akjh-2FjugeHHz3JV0A7CBThrzeDfRYu34HFEuN6D27IY02bC3BO1BHwhfla00SFGl5cD0ioig-2FtGfIjSJ8ocE5O-2BY0U-2Fa5y3O5hkjeW1XVuJySMK4Lx3FW22vtpDoxo1Ml2yzmFGLpuzswsv0s3a7Ca9RrPwdt3RJvMcHN52YRwJj3qv44j8FPA2G6QuUMaRw5g4HFhz3lDs1r8whVUyty6k8EwFk3XG-2Bh0vaY2TTy3JhLb9fN2hCa0QOqu3heeuw-3D-3D" target="_blank">View multimedia content</a></p></div><p><b>SOURCE</b> <br>Facebook</p><p><b>Multimedia content</b></p><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://links.africa-wire.com/mpss/c/6gA/0KMbAA/t.208/zEAIeeUOS-Sn-PmG9barWA/h10/nN32rvL6LgjUtQXTS3yHMKjWk8MvOU0UhJDIvtShIwp-2Fsd-2B-2BPkGWf3VkiRVW9-2FcfhwfrKeQvuf64Xk37TuGAVwGXVI5rc-2Bt7grvirTM3BzEhJVMn4kpTaMjoZUj8imuyHK5U6EXSMd1S5wozRkxIKQgFl97-2FzR9s51cU3dlqBPWZjhrqCQGxFNSwUkg15v3zo-2FbsjvlG5m4GXfXZ8KG1HWvgFzNr2exhO4rQ1Rj8Q4M-3D" target="_blank">Download logo</a></li>Image: <a href="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" target="_blank">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</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="">On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:27 PM, waudo siganga via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">
<div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium" dir="ltr"><div>Is Facebook founder Zuckerberg in Nairobi? I have seen pictures like the attached showing a mzungu enjoying <em>rech</em> 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.</div><span><font color="#888888">
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