Facebook Free Basics In Nigeria Launched In Partnership With Airtel

Wow! I am 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.
In the meantime, I'm excited to see what Nigerians build
next!"

Source: duketundesblog