Bharti
Airtel has today announced a partnership with Facebook to offer the
Internet.org app to its prepaid and post-paid customers in Kenya beginning later this week.
Facebook’s Internet.org app provides a set of locally relevant basic internet
services free of charge in order to make it easier for people to access the
internet.
At the
launch, Airtel Kenya CEO Mr. Adil El Youssefi said, “This partnership responds
to the needs of our youthful customers who are in constant need to access the
internet and keep in touch with events and activities at all times.
Chris Daniels, Vice President of Product for Internet.org at
Facebook said, “Following our great success with the Internet.org app in
Zambia, Facebook is excited to continue its partnership with Airtel to bring
the Internet.org app to its customers in Kenya. We can make a big impact by
making the internet accessible through this set of free basic services, which
we hope will ultimately lead to more people coming online.”
As
part of Facebook’s Internet.org app in Kenya,
Airtel customers will have free access to: AccuWeather; BBC News; BBC
Swahili; BabyCenter & MAMA; BrighterMonday; Daily Nation; Ebola
Information; Facebook; Facts for Life; Girl Effect; Jamii Forums; Messenger;
OLX; Scholars4Dev; SuperSport; Toto Health; Wattpad; Wikipedia.
The
offer will give Airtel customers the freedom to access these basic services by
visiting www.internet.org or downloading
the Internet.org app in the Google Play Store. Normal data charges will only
apply when a user browses outside the set of free basic services.
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