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The future will be built in Africa, Facebook FB +0.05% CEO Mark
Zuckerberg said in Nigeria, before travelling to Kenya, the
“world leader” in mobile money, on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa,
a surprise trip which has propelled Africa’s entrepreneurial spirit into the
news.
“It’s inspiring to see how engineers here are using mobile money to build
businesses and help their community,” Zuckerberg said after visiting Nairobi’s iHub, the most famous of
Africa’s innovation hubs.
He also popped into the office of BRCK, a remarkable internet
connectivity device that has since morphed into a clever education system for
the developing world. Both have been co-founded by Erik Hersman
– who is also the co-founder of Ushahidi, the real-time
reporting tool created during the violence following Kenya’s disputed 2008
elections and is considered – along with M-Pesa – as one of Kenya’s greatest
tech success stories.
“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,” Zuckerberg told his 78-million followers on Facebook. Kenya has
5.3-million Facebook users, many of whom access the social network via mobile.
Clued from Forbes
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