Facebook is partnering with India's Bharti Airtel to bring new services to 17 African countries as part of its “Free Basics” program.
"In South Africa earlier today, we announced with Airtel Africa that we will be bringing Internet.org free basic services to all 17 countries where they operate," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO. "Internet.org first launched in Zambia and today half of the 30 countries with Free Basics are in Africa."
Free Basics will be offered to Airtel customers in Burkina Faso, Chad, Gabon, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Zuckerberg also noted that Facebook had partnered to launch a satellite to provide Internet coverage to remote areas of Sub-Saharan Africa starting in 2016.
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