To show his commitment to the cause of alleviating poverty, Zuck gave the Pope a scale model of Facebook’s Aquila solar-powered, #internet-sharing drone.
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Will that change following his meeting with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday? “And we shared our work with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to help people around the world”.
Facebook CEO said that meeting the Pope was an experience neither he or his wife will never forget.
Zuckerberg, who honeymooned in Rome with Chan and was a student of Latin and classical history, announced his trip to Italy following the country’s devastating quake.
“I programmed it so now, when I walk up to my gate, I don’t have to put in a code or something like that to get in, or put in a key”, Zuckerberg said, according to the Verge.
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has arrived in Nigeria and is now visiting a technology and cyber hub in Lagos in his first trip to the African continent.
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said they addressed a need to “encourage a culture of encounter, and make a message of hope arrive, especially to those most in need”.
Mark Zuckerberg gave Pope Francis a miniature model of Aquila as a souvenir.
On plans to expound Express WiFi he said: “This week, we’re launching a satellite into space to enable more entrepreneurs across Africa to sell Express Wi-Fi and more people to access reliable internet”.
Zuckerberg’s presence has become the talk of the day in Nigeria’s commercial city, with lots of “welcome to Nigeria” messages on his Facebook page.
“We are a tech company, not a media company”, Zuckerberg said.
Over the weekend, Zuckerberg posted an update and photo from the wedding of Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek, which was held near Lake Como in northern Italy.
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Zuckerberg was in the area for a Facebook Q&A in Rome on Monday and expressed his condolences for those dealing with the aftermath of last week’s deadly quake in the country.
