Facebook To Host First Ever African FBStart At AfricaCom Today

Facebook will be hosting its widely acclaimed FbStart today, 15th November 2016, in Capetown, South Africa at the AfricaCom 2016 which also kicks off today.

FbStart is a global programme designed to help mobile startups build and grow their businesses. The event is part of Facebook’s FbStart world tour, which is a global event series that connects Facebook product experts and engineers with local developer communities.

In addition, it gives startup exclusive access to global startups and free tools and also an opportunity to work with FbStart partners like Amazon, Dropbox, and Stripe.

Presently, over 300 African start-ups have enrolled in FbStart, up from around 100 members two years ago.

Africa Com is a 3-day-event being held from 15th November to the 17th November 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa. This event showcases products and gathers together senior decision-makers from the entire digital ecosystem in the Telecom Products and Equipment industry.