After a surprise Nigeria visit to meet with techies in Lagos, Mark
Zuckerberg took his Africa tour to Kenya this Thursday. There the
Facebook CEO visited the iHub innovation space, reviewed the BRCK mobile
Wi-Fi device, had lunch with Kenyan ICT Cabinet Secretary Joseph
Mucheru, and met with tech leaders Juliana Rotich and Erik Hersman. Like
the Lagos expedition, the trip was unannounced. “Originally, we knew
that Facebook’s Ime Archibong was coming in,” said Hersman (a co-founder
of iHub), “but we didn’t know about Mark’s visit until the last
minute.” Archibong is Facebook’s Strategic Partnerships Director. Though
no formal business commitments are planned on Zuckerberg’s first Kenya
visit (something ...
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