Thursday, August 30, 2018 made it exactly 2 years since Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg visited Nigeria. Following his visit in 2016, here are the initiatives Facebook has launched to help solve some ch…
Global LinkUP: Apple sued for $999 billion payout
It’s the first week of a new year and Mark Zuckerberg is making resolutions like everyone. In the news this week, there’s a new deadly computer bug that isn’t exactly a bug and iPhon…
WhatsApp will soon be profitable, be very afraid
WhatsApp placed a few vacancies on its blog. With over 200 employees in its ranks, these job openings look insignificant until you realise how important they really are. The job openings in the Facebo…
Mark’s coming and the renewed optimism for Nigerian Tech
My first encounter with the Nigerian tech space was in 2010 when I met Opeyemi Awoyemi (of Jobberman) to discuss a project I was running. He told me about Jobberman and how online businesses run in t…
Aso Villa Demo Day 2016 at a glance [Exclusive Photos]
The banquet hall in Aso Rock earlier today hosted individuals from different sectors in government and in the technology ecosystem. Although the Aso Villa Demo Day (AVDD) finale was meant to have take…
Forget JayZ and Beyonce, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are the real power couple
If you have ever been in a relationship with a Nigerian (I am not going to say Yoruba demon or demoness as the case may apply), chances are, you sometimes compare your relationship to that of a power …
Mark Zuckerberg is back in Nigeria to attend Aso Villa Demo Day
Barely 24hrs after his exit from Nigeria to Kenya, Mark Zuckerberg is back to Nigeria. Although he shared a disappointing news yesterday, his prescence in Abuja for the Aso Villa Demo Day shows how op…
Mark Zuckerberg dined with Kenyan government but ignored Nigeria’s
UPDATE: In a twist of events, Zuckerberg came back to Nigeria, Friday morning, to attend the Aso Villa Demo Day finale After a two-day surprise visit to Nigeria that saw him walk the streets of Yaba a…
Exclusive Photos: Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with Nigerian Developers and Entrepreneurs in Lagos
Mark Zuckerberg played host to Nigerian software developers and entrepreneurs yesterday at the Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island. The town hall meeting had a cool ambience with faces of popular p…
Highpoints from Mark Zuckerberg’s Town Hall meeting in Lagos, Nigeria
UPDATE: You can view our exclusive photos from the Town Hall meeting here. Nigeria’s vibrant developers and entrepreneurial ecosystem attracted Mark Zuckerberg to Lagos. Earlier today at Landma…
18 brilliant Nigerians working with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook
It’s no longer news that the founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is in Lagos, Nigeria. His first stop was the Co-Creation Hub, in Yaba where he watched children learning to code and int…
Mark Zuckerberg inspires nearly 200 Nigerian Developers during Andela Lagos visit
After his surprise visit to the Co-creation Hub Lagos (CcHub) yesterday, Facebook CEO and Founder, Mark Zuckerberg, embarked on a 2km walk to the Andela Amity Campus. During a closed door meeting at A…
Why Mark Zuckerberg is in Lagos, Nigeria now
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook and seventh richest man in the world is in the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), Yaba, Lagos. He came in from visiting Pope Francis in Rome and enjoying a walk with his wif…
WhatsApp now has over 1 billion monthly active users
It was only a matter of time — WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging service has hit the 1 billion monthly active user mark. At the rate it has been growing, I honestly expected thi…
WhatsApp now has 0.9 Billion Monthly Active Users
Arguably the most popular messaging app in the world, WhatsApp just recently crossed the 900 million Monthly Active Users milestone. That’s 300 million more than it had over a year ago in August…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org Will Roll Out In Nigeria Next Month
Nigeria is the next stop for Mark Zuckerberg’s Internet.org, following successful launches in Zambia, Kenya and Ghana. Next month, the internet.org app will roll out in Nigeria. The roll out in…