Wow!
I am excited and sure this is a pointer to great things to come as
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his page today that they're
partnering with Airtel Africa to launch
Internet.org Free Basics in
Nigeria. See what he posted below:
"Today we’re partnering with Airtel Africa to launch Internet.org Free Basics in Nigeria.
There's a lot of innovation across Africa right now, and Nigeria in particular is home to a lot of talented developers.
In
2009, Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi started a
site called Jobberman in their dorm to help connect people looking for
work with companies looking to hire. Now Jobberman is one of the top 100
websites in Nigeria, and it gets 5,000 applications every day.
Free
Basics offers Nigerians, including 90 million people who are currently
offline, the opportunity to access news, health information and services
like Jobberman that were built by Nigerians and other developers across
West Africa -- all without having to pay for data.
Free Basics is
now live in more than 40 countries, and half of those are in Africa.
Over the next few months, we'll be doing even more to connect developers
with people who can use their apps -- and partner with local companies
to bring internet to people across Africa who don't have access to
mobile networks.
In the meantime, I'm excited to see what Nigerians build next!"
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