Global technology firm Facebook has today, Wednesday, March 29, launched Express Wifi.
The low-cost internet solution was rolled out by the firm’s Internet.org, in Rongai, Kenya.
The function was graced by the tech giant’s regional head of partnerships for Express Wifi in Africa in Africa, Uche Ofodile, the firm and the CEO of Kenyan internet service provider, Surf.
The low-cost internet service was piloted in India in 2016, after Internet.org’s primary initiative Free Basics, which was launched in 2015, came under fire for practices were deemed “restrictive” by a section of India’s government as it offered access to select applications and websites.