Facebook partners Airtel Malawi to offer free internet

In a bid to promote penetration, affordability and accessibility to internet services in the country, Airtel Malawi has partnered with Facebook on its internet.org initiative to enable masses to enjoy free internet access to basic online services including free Facebook.

Kamoto: Announced the partnership
Kamoto: Announced the partnership

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The initiative replaces the all Facebook free offer which Airtel introduced in February this year.

In his remarks during the announcement in Lilongwe on Wednesday, Airtel’s Chief Commercial Officer Charles Kamoto said as a market leader, Airtel shall fully utilise internet.org to spread internet access far and wide in the country.

“This development has come at the right time. We shall take the lead in escalating digital inclusion by reaching out and offering the best internet to as many Malawians as possible. In this digital age, internet is yet another human right and the time is now for people in the country to enjoy this right freely” said Kamoto.

With Facebook’s Internet.org app in Malawi, subscribers will have free access to Facebook, Bing, Mycfinder, Ask, Wikipedia, wikiHow. BBC News  and Nyasa Times among other platforms visiting internet.org or downloading the internet.org app to their data enabled mobile handsets from Google Play Store.

Confirmed Content Partners
AccuWeather
Ask
BabyCenter & MAMA
BBC News
Bing
DAI (Your Money)
Dictionary.com
UNICEF (Ebola Information)
ESPN
Facebook
UNICEF (Facts for Life)
FunDza
Nike Foundation (Girl Effect)
Goal
UN Women (iLearn)
mYcfinder
Nyasa Times
Scholars4Deev
Supersport
Translate.com
Watt pad
wikiHow
Wikipedia

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justice chilungamo
justice chilungamo
9 years ago

Thumbs up to facebook,airtel and TNM!

shaka
shaka
9 years ago

nice development

Peter Muthanyula
Peter Muthanyula
9 years ago

Why not YouTube? It is also a basic service!

nzanani phumisah
nzanani phumisah
9 years ago

Koma kuvuta. Tieni nadzoni bax

ChePaul
ChePaul
9 years ago

That’s a welcome development!

King
King
9 years ago

Si ku airtel kokha ngakhalenso ku TNM ziliko izi.

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