FACEBOOK
TO EMBRACE MORE NIGERIAN LANGUAGES, SAYS ZUCKERBERG
Thursday, September 01, 2016
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he Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has pledged
to use Nigerian languages in offering services on Facebook.
Zuckerberg, who is on a business visit to
Nigeria, made the promise at a meeting with software developers and ICT
entrepreneurs yesterday in Lagos.
Zuckerberg, yesterday explained why he chose
Lagos as first city to visit in sub-Saharan Africa. “I feel there is great
energy here in Lagos,” Zuckerberg told a large audience, comprising Nigerian
Internet developers and technology-savvy entrepreneurs at Co-creation Hub
Nigeria (CcHUB) in Yaba, Lagos Mainland.
The youthful billionaire said the visit was part
of the town-hall meeting with people on Facebook communities to learn how to
improve users’ experience by developing technologies and engaging entrepreneurs
around the world.
Zuckerberg said: “I have been going around the
world, to different cities, and we’ve been doing town-hall meetings and we’ve
been sitting down with people on Facebook communities, hearing from them about
our user services and we can do better. Read more
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