Mark Zuckerberg praises Kenya's natural beauty as he tours Lake Naivasha



Mark Zuckerberg continued to enjoy Kenya with a visit to Lake Naivasha yesterday.

"For some good news, visiting Kenya means getting to see amazing natural beauty and wildlife," he posted on his page.

This comes after the Facebook billionaire made a surprise visit to Kenya, chose to lunch on Ugali and Fish at Mama Oliech's and visited iHub to interact with developers and entrepreneurs.

"The reason I specifically wanted to come to Nairobi is the fact that Kenya is a clear leader in mobile money," he said in a brief presser at iHub



"One of the things that is unique in Kenya is that mobile operators are the ones pushing mobile money while in other places, it is the banks," he said. "We could take a partnership approach like the model we have with connectivity and partner with local operators, banks and governments."


Zuckerberg further stated that his company was keen on building Internet access in Africa and other under-served areas, which make up the company's next growth segment.

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