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Facebook billionaire turns to M-Pesa in search of next growth milestone

FACE BOOK: President, founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a Reuters interview at the University of Bogota January 14, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS

Mark Zuckerberg made a sudden appearance in Nairobi last week in the dead of night on a scouting mission.

Facebook’s billionaire founder was after the crown jewel in East and Central Africa’s most profitable company, Safaricom: M-Pesa.

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