When I Met Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook at Afrinolly Space in Lagos
When I Met Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook at Afrinolly Space in Lagos Mark Zuckerberg with Chike Maduegbuna, Kunle Afolayan and others. It was a very tranquil Wednesday afternoon on August 31, 2016 as I went to Afrinolly Space in Oregun, in Ikeja on the mainland of Lagos, Africa’s largest megacity and the commercial hub of the continent. I have been invited to an important event for Facebook and Nollywood, Nigeria’s phenomenal film industry. Afrinolly is like the Silicon Valley of Nollywood created as a dynamic ecosystem for the provision of creative platforms and economic opportunities for established and emerging filmmakers (Content creators), mobile technology developers, innovative voices (Screenwriters), animators (Graphics and VFX), contemporary artists and the cultural industries. I was sitting in the office of Mr. Chike Maduegbuna, the CEO of Afrinolly with Mr. Abayomi Adeloye, the Zonal Manager of Ikeja 1 branch of Wema Bank Plc and Arthur, a young European man from A