Facebook now has 100 million users across Africa, the company announced on Monday.
This figure is half of all the Internet users in Africa, which sits at 200 million people. More than 80% of Facebook users are accessing the site from a mobile phone, showing high-growth countries are more connected than ever before.
Facebook engineers started tweaking the company's Android app earlier this year after a trip to Africa revealed that the app was loading very slow, and the lack of memory on the devices resulted in constant crashes. The team members also burned their monthly data plans in 40 minutes. The team reduced the app's download size by 65%, and decreased start times by more than 50% in the six months following the trip. Read more...
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