Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced on his page today that they’re partnering with Airtel Africa to launch Internet.org
When it comes to Facebook, you know they would do anything to connect more and more people to the largest network, but then this is a laudable idea which we benefits lots of Internet users in Nigeria and we are 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.
Lets celebrate this kind gesture!!!!
This is good news, lets hope it dosnt get blocked later
This is good news, lets hope it dosnt get blocked later