Millions of Nigerians will soon have opportunity to browse
free without data as Facebook CEO has partnered with Mobile Network Airtel to
bring the freebie to millions of Nigerians. Facebook has reached out to
millions of Nigerians by announcing access to free internet data for all on the
strength of drones technology.
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch
of Free Basics Service, a platform that will provide access to mobile websites
and services to internet users for free. The service will be provided by Airtel
Nigeria which will give millions free access to Facebook even when you have no
data.
While making the announcement to the world, Zuckerberg part
statement read:
“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!
You can benefit from the service by getting a Facebook Flex
by Airtel Nigeria, which will allow you access a version of Facebook without
data charges.
With Free Basics millions of Nigerians can easily access
health information, news, celebrity gossips and even visit other job sites like
jobberman, hotnigerianjobs and other top sites even when you have no data on
your phone.
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