Facebook announced plans for a new office in Lagos, Nigeria in the coming year.
The Lagos division will host teams specialised in engineering, sales, politics and communications.
The Lagos office will also be Facebook’s second office on the African continent after its Johannesburg bureau in South Africa.
Facebook’s expansion on the African continent will certainly be watched by western African countries.
According to a study commissioned by the Social Media company, Facebook’s investments in infrastructures and connectivity in Sub saharian africa coul generate over 57 billion dollars for african economies over the next 5 years.
