Mac Zuckeberg First Visit to Africa and decides to visit us here in Naija first...
This is Zuckerberg’s first visit to Africa, and his first stop was at Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) in Yaba, Lagos. He’s also billed to meet with developers and partners, as well as explore Nollywood. 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. At CcHub, Zuckerberg visited kids at the ‘Summer of Code Camp’ . At CcHub, also known as the Silicon Valley of Nigeria, people can learn how to code, developers can get help launching their first products, and find mentors and funding. Zuckerberg met with developers like Temi Giwa , who runs a platform called Life Bank that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria. Life Bank saves lives by mobilizing blood donations, taking inventory of all blood available in the country, and delivering blood in the right condition to where it is needed. After visiting CcHub, Zuckerberg, ...