Africa has 170m Facebook users

Johannesburg – Facebook has increased its number of African users to 170 million and plans to expand further by adding wi-fi hotspots and fibre optic cables, in a bid to spread its reach outside of developed markets. The figure is 42 percent higher than when the US social network first opened an Africa office in 2015, Carolyn Everson, vice-president of global marketing, said in an interview in Joburg on Tuesday. The rollout of wi-fi in Nigeria and Kenya will be done via partnerships with international wireless carriers such as the Emirates Telecommunications Group and closely held Surf, respectively…READ MORE