"This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
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Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#2Great to see Mark promoting talent from Nigeria. Africa is yet to untap the potential of its people, and Nigeria will play a central role.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#3Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist/cynic, but while I certainly love that Zuck is doing things like this, I hope he's not just trying to butter Nigeria up to the free basics anti-open-internet bullshit that he tried to pull on India.
Nigeria and Africa are definitely the next big frontiers for the internet, and I honestly doubt that whatever facebook's got planned is mutually beneficial enough. Though if FB decides to establish and maintain a persistent, competent power company in Nigeria, it might actually be worth it, NEPA is shit.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#4Great to see Mark promoting talent from Nigeria. Africa is yet to untap the potential of its people, and Nigeria will play a central role.
I would say Africa is yet to tap the potential of its people in Africa. Nigerians and other west Africans have been making huge inroads in the US and UK for decades now
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#5Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist/cynic, but while I certainly love that Zuck is doing things like this, I hope he's not just trying to butter Nigeria up to the free basics anti-open-internet bullshit that he tried to pull on India. Nigeria and Africa are definitely the next big frontiers for the internet, and I honestly doubt that whatever facebook's got planned is mutually beneficial enough. Though if FB decides to…
I don't think you're overly pessimistic in this at all. Facebook does what's good for Facebook. So does Mark Zuckerberg.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#6Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist/cynic, but while I certainly love that Zuck is doing things like this, I hope he's not just trying to butter Nigeria up to the free basics anti-open-internet bullshit that he tried to pull on India. Nigeria and Africa are definitely the next big frontiers for the internet, and I honestly doubt that whatever facebook's got planned is mutually beneficial enough. Though if FB decides to…
Knowing the scale of corruption in Nigeria, Mark doesn't need to do anything like this to buy his way through.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#7Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist/cynic, but while I certainly love that Zuck is doing things like this, I hope he's not just trying to butter Nigeria up to the free basics anti-open-internet bullshit that he tried to pull on India. Nigeria and Africa are definitely the next big frontiers for the internet, and I honestly doubt that whatever facebook's got planned is mutually beneficial enough. Though if FB decides to…
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Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#8Maybe I'm too much of a pessimist/cynic, but while I certainly love that Zuck is doing things like this, I hope he's not just trying to butter Nigeria up to the free basics anti-open-internet bullshit that he tried to pull on India. Nigeria and Africa are definitely the next big frontiers for the internet, and I honestly doubt that whatever facebook's got planned is mutually beneficial enough. Though if FB decides to…
Knowing the scale of corruption in Nigeria, Mark doesn't need to do anything like this to buy his way through.
Maybe short-term, but long-term, it's a wise move.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#9Facebook's transparent attempt to own the internet in Africa is scary, distasteful, but strangely tinged with inevitability due to Mark Zuckerberg's unstoppable hunger and relentless competence. I hope Africa is as savvy as the West (has belatedly become) to his self-serving PR stunts, and gives him an almighty neo-colonial kick in the butt.
Re: "This is Tayo. He's 11 and showed me a game he built called Spike Rush"
#10If someone is interested in the original Facebook post (also viewable without an account):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10103109918599991