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Facebook to open Lagos office in 2021

William Ukpe by William Ukpe
September 18, 2020
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Social Media giant, Facebook announced it would open an office in Lagos in 2021, its second office in the continent and the first in Africa to house software engineers.

This was announced by Facebook Program Manager, Chimdindu Aneke on social media. “We are opening a Facebook office in Lagos, Nigeria later in 2021,” he said.

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He added that the office would be the first in Africa by Facebook for the purpose of engineering and “building for the future of Africa and beyond”.

Media aide to the Presidency, Tolu Ogunlesi quoted Facebook saying, “As part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, Facebook today announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria – its second office on the African continent.”

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“Lagos, Nigeria, September 18, 2020/ — As part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa, @Facebook today announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria – its second office on the African continent.”#InvestNigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

— Tolu Ogunlesi, MON (@toluogunlesi) September 18, 2020

In 2019, Facebook’s biggest market in Africa was Nigeria with 33 million monthly active users.


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  1. Anthony says:
    May 15, 2021 at 12:02 pm

    I’m happy for hearing Facebook will open an office in Lagos, Nigeria.
    Please I want to know the time that the office will resume service (work), and the venue, thank you.

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