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 interacted with at least 50 local startup founders and developers. More impressively, he trekked over 2km through the streets of Yaba to get to Andela, the talent accelerator he recently invested $24 million in.

But if there’s anything most exciting about Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise visit, it’s the fact that he chose Nigeria as his first destination in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is more than enough validation for the Nigerian technology ecosystem

Without a doubt, Mark Zuckerberg is beginning to take Nigeria seriously. But that didn’t happen suddenly. You’ll find proof in the increasing number of Nigerians on his payroll.

1. Chukwuemeka Afigbo
2. Nmachi Jidenma
3. Ebele Okobi
4. Laurence Aderemi
5. Morin Oluwole
6. Lauryn (Hale) Ogbechie
7. Francis Ebong
8. Teniola Adedipe
9. Monica Ugwi
10. Olaoluwa Okelola
11. Ibrahim Shekoni

For more info: https://techpoint.ng/2016/08/31/nigerians-working-with-mark-zuckerberg-facebook/

Nigerians making us proud.

5 Yoruba's.

4 Ibo's

1 Cross River/Akwa Ibom

1 Idoma/Benue State.

11 Nigerians making us proud= 1 Nigeria.

I see names synonymous to IPOB.

We live in a world where many of us have a lot of friends on Facebook but yet we have lost human connection.
Robin S. Sharma

SE, SS, SW, Middle belt represented... What about peeps from the North

I knew this would be immediately tribalized. You guys are going to remain in the dungeon for a long time

One Nigeria

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no hawusa, and killer herdsmen

Must we tribalise everything on nairaland?

NCAN observing....