NIGERIA: Facebook CEO and Multi-billionaire enterprenuer Mark Zuckerberg is in Nigeria to listen and learn and take ideas back to California on how Facebook can better support tech development and entrepreneurship across Africa.
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| "Quick run this morning across the Ikoyi Bridge with entrepreneurs in the Lagos Road Warriors running club." - Mark Zuckerberg |
Upon his arrival in the country, the tech boss first visited a technology hub in Lagos called Co-creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB) in Yaba as Facebook says it's the technology entrepreneur's first visit to the African continent.
Before making his trip to Nigeria, Africa, Mark Zuckerberg had made a trip to Italy where he spoke to the Pope Francis about the importance of connecting people, especially in parts of the world without internet access.
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| Mark Zuckerberg gives Pope Francis a model of Aquila, the solar-powered aircraft will beam internet connectivity to places that don't have it. |
In Italy, the Facebook CEO also met the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi where they talked about how technology is helping create jobs and grow the Italian economy.
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| Mark Zuckerberg with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. |
Below are some of the Facebook CEO photos in Lagos Nigeria;
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| Mark Zuckerberg makes his first stop at the Co-creation Hub Nigeria (CcHUB) in Yaba where he got to talk to kids at a summer coding camp and entrepreneurs who come to build and launch their apps. |
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