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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 September 2016 at 09:52, Barrack Otieno 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">Listers,<br>
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Interesting opinions in the media this weekend.<br>
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Regards<br>
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From: "Eric Mugendi - iAfrikan.com" <<a href="mailto:newsletter@iafrikan.com">newsletter@iafrikan.com</a>><br>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 06:31:55 +0000<br>
Subject: What Was Mark Zuckerberg Up To On His Visits To Kenya And Nigeria?<br>
To: <a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a><br>
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Edition 126 | Monday, 5 September 2016<br>
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Molweni, Afrika!<br>
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Mark Zuckerberg was in Kenya and Nigeria this past week<br>
(<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=4216083d09&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>4216083d09&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
. Understandably there was a lot of buzz about the places he visited,<br>
the things he did, and the people he met.<br>
<br>
While some took this visit to be a validation of the continent's tech<br>
industry, others saw it as a quest for new markets and business by the<br>
social network, following a government ban on Free Basics in Egypt<br>
(<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=f5b1dafa51&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>f5b1dafa51&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
and an outright rejection in India<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Facebook does have a plan to grow its presence on the continent,<br>
especially given the sheer number of people who remain offline even<br>
though 95% of the world lives within range of a 2G signal. Initiatives<br>
such as Aquila (<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=00b0805547&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>00b0805547&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
and OpenCellular<br>
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may appear to be groundbreaking, but there are smaller ventures such<br>
as BRCK (<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=f21ac53054&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage1.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>f21ac53054&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
, which Zuckerberg himself visited while in Nairobi, which are likely<br>
to lose out to the social network's vastly deeper coffers.<br>
<br>
However, there are signs that the Facebook founder is keen on growing<br>
the next generation of techies, considering the Chan-Zuckerberg<br>
Initiative's investment in Andela<br>
(<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=b3ee2d30e6&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage2.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>b3ee2d30e6&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
, and Zuckerberg's visit to Abuja<br>
(<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=848785c5ff&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage2.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>848785c5ff&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
to attend the Aso Villa Demo Day with President Buhari.<br>
<br>
However, the narratives around the initiatives that Zuckerberg visited<br>
are also worrying. BRCK was touted as 'an American-owned, Kenya-based<br>
start-up' (<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=5e15b01ae8&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>5e15b01ae8&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
, and Andela, it was often pointed out, was founded by Nigerians but<br>
is incorporated in the US. The fact that these initiatives have to be<br>
qualified through references to the US is worrying enough, but the<br>
questions that they bring up do need answering. Why bring up the<br>
connection if not to serve as an indictment on the current state of<br>
the startup and tech ecosystems in these countries?<br>
<br>
Mark's visits did spark off a couple of niche stories. Like how<br>
Nigerians and Ghanaians will argue over who has the best jollof<br>
(<a href="http://iafrikan.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=4ae397aefe&e=84a60ba6eb" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://iafrikan.us5.list-<wbr>manage.com/track/click?u=<wbr>b5c77b5d9fe8557cd2e26f469&id=<wbr>4ae397aefe&e=84a60ba6eb</a>)<br>
, and how Kenyans have had monster traffic jams after recent visits by<br>
world leaders, but Mark's visit left Nairobi largely uncongested<br>
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** What We Can All Learn From Mark Zuckerberg's Visit To Nigeria<br>
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So Mark Zuckerberg was in Nigeria, and of course it's a BIG deal.<br>
<br>
What makes it even more notable is the fact the world's<br>
seventh-richest man came into the country quietly without making<br>
headlines or giving anyone cues before his arrival.<br>
<br>
Perhaps the biggest thing he taught us is that humility and simplicity<br>
are key components for every entrepreneur.<br>
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** Internet Access May Be Getting More Affordable, But More Than Half<br>
Of The World Remains Offline<br>
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A new report by the International Telecommunications Union indicates<br>
that 3.9 billion people do not yet have access to the internet,<br>
despite falling prices for ICT services and increasing mobile<br>
broadband coverage.<br>
<br>
Seven billion people (95% of the global population) live in an area<br>
that is covered by a mobile-cellular network. However, four out of<br>
five people in developed countries actively use the internet, compared<br>
to two out of five in developing countries and less than one in five<br>
in the Least Developed Countries.<br>
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** This Is Why Morocco's First Gaming Studio Shut Down After 18 Years<br>
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Ubisoft Casablanca was set up in 1998 by Ubisoft, a French<br>
multinational video game developer and publisher. This was the first<br>
gaming studio in North Africa, developing such famous titles as Donald<br>
Quack Attack, Beyond Good and Evil, and Prince of Persia: Two Thrones,<br>
which was co-developed with Ubisoft Montreal.<br>
<br>
However, the studio announced that it would shut down in July of this<br>
year. Yassine Arif, who worked as a developer at the studio, goes<br>
through the reasons for the closure of the only official video game<br>
studio in Morocco, and the lessons this holds for other similar<br>
ventures in Afrika.<br>
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** The Revolution Will Be Hashtagged<br>
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and #LawsonBrownHighSchool<br>
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have been making waves in South Africa this week thanks to protests<br>
over hair rules that were previously enforced in the schools, sparking<br>
a variety of reactions across the country.<br>
<br>
Twitter and social media in general have played a major role in<br>
connecting and channeling these conversations in South Africa. Social<br>
media has its perks, just like any inventions but this one in my<br>
opinion is what makes it so revolutionary.<br>
<br>
Before Twitter, Facebook, or any other social media platform,<br>
communities suffered in silence and one was confined to their own<br>
space. Revolutions were only witnessed on television, but that has<br>
since been "censored" by the government. So who does one trust?<br>
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