The world’s seventieth richest man, Mark Zuckerberg arrived Kenya on Thursday, with the intent to know more about mobile money where Kenya is the world leader, and also meet with tech entrepreneurs.
It is evident that the Facebook CEO is poised to advancing technology in Sub-Saharan Africa as he continues to explore Africa.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Kenya this week on his first trip to Africa, using his time in the country to visit the iHub technology hub in Nairobi, meet with developers and partners, and explore how the country’s pioneering mobile money ecosystem is evolving. 
However, Facebook CEO got gaped when he came in contact BRCK, an American-owned, Kenya-based start-up that built a self-powered, mobile WiFi device capable of which connecting people to the internet in areas of the world with poor infrastructure.
He posted: “Just landed in Nairobi! I’m here to meet with entrepreneurs and developers and to learn about mobile money – where Kenya is the world leader” says Zuckerberg. “I’m starting at a place called iHub, where entrepreneurs can build and prototype their ideas.
Two of the engineers I met, Fausto and Mark, designed a system to help people use mobile payments to buy small amounts of cooking gas, which is a lot safer and better for the environment than charcoal or kerosene. It’s inspiring to see how engineers here are using mobile money to build businesses and help their community”.
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