by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Nicola D’Elia, head of growth and partnerships, EMEA, Facebook, talks about:
- Facebook’s subscriber numbers in Africa and its biggest markets
- its relationships with mobile operators and the different business models it’s trying
- its advertising operation in the region; the work of its strategic alliance Internet.org, and
- its present and future relationship with developers in the region.
Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) is the founder of Balancing Act and the web TV channel Smart Monkey TV (@SmartMonkeyTV), and has been an analyst in telecoms, internet and broadcast in Africa for the last 15 years. Smart Monkey TV aims to capture the energy at the crossroads between African culture and technology. MarkLives is syndicating content from Smart Monkey TV on a weekly basis for the column “Smart Africa TV”.
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