Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg speaks about first-ever visit to Nigeria (photo)

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook is
presently in Nigeria for a Facebook
Partner Workshop Developer event holding
in Lagos.
Reports say the seventh wealthiest man in
the world discreetly came into Nigeria
today, Tuesday, August 30 to see how
Facebook works in the country and to
understand how to improve on the social
media platform for Nigerians.
He is also checking out how it can improve
on technologies in Africa. His first port of
call was the CC Hub in Yaba area of Lagos
state.
But the founder of the arguably the
biggest social media platform on earth
already has an impression about the west
African giants.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social
media platform, Facebook, is in Nigeria
and has met with some exciting kids
already. Photo: Zuckerberg.
Using his official Facebook page,
Zuckerberg wrote: “Next stop: Lagos! This
is my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. I’ll
be meeting with developers and
entrepreneurs, and learning about the
startup ecosystem in Nigeria. The energy
here is amazing and I’m excited to learn
as much as I can.
“Our first stop is the Co-creation Hub
Nigeria (CcHUB) in Yaba. I got to talk to
kids at a summer coding camp and
entrepreneurs who come to CcHub to
build and launch their apps. I’m looking
forward to meeting more people here!”

Recall that Zuckerberg was in Rome to
meet with Pope Francis his wife, Priscilla
Chan, at the Vatican, where the holy city’s
spokesman, Greg Burke said one topic of
discussion at the Monday, August 29
meeting, was “how to use communication
technologies to alleviate poverty,
encourage a culture of encounter, and
make a message of hope arrive, especially
to those most in need.”