https://teronblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/07/facebook-founder-wants-to-buy-m-pesa-in-one-of-africas-largest-buyouts/

Regards,

Kelvin

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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From: WANGARI KABIRU via isoc <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>

Date: 9/8/16 11:41 PM (GMT-05:00)

To:

Cc: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi@fb.com>, ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>

Subject: Re: [isoc_ke] [kictanet] Fwd: What Was Mark Zuckerberg Up To On His Visits To Kenya And Nigeria?

Blessed Furahi Day!

In the same light, in Africa,the Chief does not just stroll about. More so, when the Chief's entourage by-passes your homestead and you are the known village elder....certainly this is taken with a pinch of salt and your goose is cooked (or cooking)!

On the tech business front, we certainly expect to hear more on the connection with mobile money that he is said to have come to learn more about.
This is the substantive discussion for the tech community.

We acknowledge the talent and acumen that would attract such a high profile visitor into any country.

PS: Happy Anniversary and house warming

In other important news, it is a good welcome to one of Africa's business leader and philanthropist;

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000214799/econet-boss-among-billionaires-expected-as-kenya-hosts-agriculture-conference?pageNo=1

Be blessed.

Regards/Wangari

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On Wed, 7/9/16, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: What Was Mark Zuckerberg Up To On His Visits To Kenya And Nigeria?
To: wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "Ebele Okobi" <ebeleokobi@fb.com>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, 7 September, 2016, 15:16

Unfortunately, the premise of this article is false,
completely. Facebook is NOT trying to beam internet directly
to consumers. As I have stated multiply-we are not
interested in becoming an operator. That is not our business
model. Express WiFi, the project
for which the satellite was meant to provide back haul,
depends on partnerships with local ISPs and operators, who
will remain the locally licensed entities servicing
consumers. Facebook only provides back haul, technology and
investment in local entrepreneurs,
etc. As you will note from the first partnership launched
in Africa-we launched in Nigeria, with Coollink, a Nigerian
ISP.

It would be useful
for all if, given that this group has direct access to me,
people fact checked before writing articles that do a
disservice to readers because they misinform.

I would be
absolutely delighted to provide details about Express WiFi
and any other connectivity initiatives.

As always, I
remain happy to answer any and all questions, on or
off-thread.

Do note, however,
that I am trying to take this week off-we are moving house
and my husband and I are celebrating 14 years of marriage!
I am trying to actually step away from work, to ensure
at least 14 more, so there may be a
delay in replies until next week.
;-)

Best!
Ebele

Ebele Okobi | Public Policy Director,
Africa

m. +44
(0) 771 156 1315

10
Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG
ebeleokobi@fb.com

On Sep 7, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
wrote:

Hi Ebele,

Many thanks for the wonderfull effort in bringing Mark
to Kenya, it is

good to get the varied feedback from the Community
since it will

inform how to structure his next visit. Here is
another one

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nation.co.ke_oped_blogs_dot9_walubengo_2274560-2D3371588-2D4ix1o0_index.html&d=DQIFaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=ArvepG4_wcNu_X9xi3nb_Xa9WsGLVfmK6mwPdVONOTE&m=J8vCxH30kFJP07c1umrlW90LidzhnMcpA5lOj9XSSWw&s=REbFWPpwp8ItR9VqLl2miHO2TkOyDz071CxR8rEr_B4&e=

Best Regards

On 9/5/16, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
wrote:

As my brethren would say-pele
o! So sorry, o! One always hates to

disappoint. It could have only
been one country-but we wanted to go to

Nairobi even if only during
the short time we had. I was asked if it would

be better not to go at all,
but I thought, and still do believe, a short

time in Nairobi is better than
no time in Nairobi. I hope you agree? And I

also hope you take the point
that this group has already been (and there are

quite a few on this thread who
are consistently and substantively engaged on

all sorts of critical topics
with Facebook) and will continue to be involved

in issues beyond the choice of
social enterprise to select for that visit.

While a visit from Mark is
flashy and a press magnet, that isn't
necessarily

where or when the real work
gets done.

Best,

Ebele

Ebele Okobi | Public Policy
Director, Africa

m. +44 (0) 771 156
1315<tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315>

10 Brock Street |
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On Sep 5, 2016, at 4:38 PM,
Timothy- Coach- Oriedo

<timoriedo@gmail.com<mailto:timoriedo@gmail.com>>
wrote:

Thank you Ebele for
clarifying. The listers are feeling forlorn.

Am however sure there is going
to be a next time. We count ourselves

privileged to have you in this
group and we hope we will have the privilege

to be involved in a somewhat
larger extent beyond proposing which social

enterprises are born and bred
in Kenya ;-)

Thank you though for taking
time to respond to our queries and pass our

regards.

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On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:29
PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

wrote:

Time was the only reason-had
we time enough, I would have loved to have him

do similar events in Nairobi.
And what about Kigali, or Dakar, or Accra or

Kinshasa?

But of course, per my response
earlier-that event is not the only way to

engage with Facebook.
Obviously, I can't compete with my oga at the top
for

star power, but I can
absolutely ensure that views are seriously
considered

by the right people.

Best, Ebele

Ebele Okobi | Public Policy
Director, Africa

m. +44 (0) 771 156
1315<tel:+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315>

10 Brock Street | London | NW1
3FG

ebeleokobi@fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com>

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On Sep 5, 2016, at 4:15 PM,
Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

wrote:

Yes, just to add. A lot less
focus was given to the role Kenya plays in the

eco-system. It being one of
the most important chess pieces in the Internet

Space for the Northern
Corridor - from undersea cables to disruptive new

initiatives being launched to
target the entire region that will shape the

Internet for the next 500
million. Lets not dig deep into this anyway.

Obviously considering we can
not underesimate Nigerias role, was there any

specific reason the larger
demographic did not get to interact 1:1 with

Zuckerberg so that we could
pick him mind a bit more?

#JustAsking

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:04
PM, eshuchi.richard--- via kictanet

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

wrote:

Interesting op eds.

Quite disappointed though, a
town hall was not conducted in Kenya...Ebele?

Connecting Kenya's under
served areas with internet is a discussion that

‎requires more views,
especially with regard to 'how'.

Regards,

Eshuchi Richard

From: Ebele Okobi via
kictanet

Sent: Jumatatu, 5 Septemba
2016 15:08

To: eshuchi.richard@gmail.com<mailto:eshuchi.richard@gmail.com>

Reply To: KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions

Cc: Ebele Okobi

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd:
What Was Mark Zuckerberg Up To On His Visits To

Kenya And Nigeria?

Hello, All!

Mark was in Kenya and Nigeria
to listen and learn. Those of us who work at

Facebook who live and breathe
Africa have been encouraging him to come get

to know all of the incredible
creativity, entrepreneurship, brilliance and

hustle on our beloved
continent, and he listened and came to see for

himself. In
addition-Facebook’s interest in partnering to drive
connectivity

should not be seen as a threat
to any organizations who share our vision. We

are a partnerships company,
and we are so eager to partner with those

working towards universal
connectivity. And more than a few companies on the

list below can personally
attest to this. But this visit wasn’t about any

specific initiative or
partnership-it really was Mark coming to learn in

Yaba and Nairobi, to hang out
at AfriNolly, and to speak to and learn from

people as passionate as he is
about tech and all the ways tech can support

connection, creativity and
entrepreneurship.

And, of course-he wanted to
eat garri, ugali and jollof rice. But mostly

jollof rice. OF COURSE.
;-)

I am sure that it’s fun to
speculate, but if anyone wants facts, as always,

I am very happy to answer
questions!

Ebele Okobi

Public Policy Director,
Africa

Facebook Inc.

From: kictanet

<kictanet-bounces+ebeleokobi=fb.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet-bounces+ebeleokobi=fb.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

on behalf of Mildred Achoch
via kictanet

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

Reply-To: KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

Date: Monday, September 5,
2016 at 12:52 PM

To: Ebele Okobi <ebeleokobi@fb.com<mailto:ebeleokobi@fb.com>>

Cc: Mildred Achoch <mildandred@gmail.com<mailto:mildandred@gmail.com>>

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd:
What Was Mark Zuckerberg Up To On His Visits To

Kenya And Nigeria?

Mine is just an observation: I
don't know if there is a connection or it was

just a sad coincidence, that
Mark was in Kenya on the same day as the start

of the Indo-Africa ICT Expo.
:-)

Check out the Rock 'n'
roll film festival, Kenya TV Channel!

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On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 9:52
AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet

<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>>

wrote:

Listers,

Interesting opinions in the
media this weekend.

Regards

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