Facebook Welcomes Wayan Vota to World’s Largest Social Network
Washington, D.C. — December 1, 2009 — Facebook today announced that Wayan Vota, the last social networking expert without an active Facebook account, has finally acquiesced to the need to be “friended” by those known and unknown to him through the world’s largest social networking site. See Wayan Vota’s Facebook here
“We are honored that Wayan Vota got off his high horse and accepted the reality that Facebook is driving adoption in Africa. To continue to lead an exploration at the intersection of technology and international development, he needed to have a presence with us,” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.* “We’ve worked hard to bring more than 200 million people – 70 percent outside of the U.S. – onto Facebook to share with friends, family and co-workers. Wayan Vota represents the pinnacle of that effort.”
Wayan Vota concours, “It was time that I entered the Facebook. I am excited to expand its ability to connect and share with thought leaders in both the information and communication technology (ICT) industry and the international development community. This will be a wonderful voyage of discovery for both initiatives.”
Wayan Vota will continue his work with Inveneo – a social enterprise that puts the tools of ICT (like Facebook) in the hands of those who need it most in the developing world. In fact, he’s already developed the ICTworks presence on Facebook to empower Inveneo’s Certified ICT Partners in 21 countries across Africa and South Asia.
About Wayan Vota
Wayan Vota starting blogging from before it was a word and now publishes seven different websites and commands LinkedIn, Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter from his world headquarters in Washington DC.
About Facebook
Founded in February 2004, Facebook’s mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with the people they know in a trusted environment. Facebook is a privately held company and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif.
*To the best of Wayan’s knowledge, Mark Zuckerberg has no clue who Wayan Vota is – but he should!