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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dropped in Nairobi on Thursday for less than ten hours in a visit that caught many in Nairobi's tech and business community by surprise.
On Tuesday, Facebook's communication team in South Africa sent emails informing journalists that Mr Ime Archibong, Facebook's director of global product partnerships, would be in town for a brief visit.
However, up until Wednesday early evening the details of the visit were scanty and images of Mark Zuckerberg in Lagos on his first African tour prompted mild self-deprecation among Kenya's Twitter community.
"Kenya is losing its place as an ICT hub and the Nigerians are taking over," tweeted one user.
"Very sad for Kenya there was a time we were the first stop," tweeted another.
"This is a lesson that we need to get our house in order," stated yet another.
It was thus a pleasant surprise when images of Mark Zuckerberg eating fish at Mama Oliech's in Nairobi's Hurlingam surfaced on social media on Thursday afternoon and immediately went viral.
Mr. Zuckerberg landed in the country on Thursday night at 25 minutes past 11 pm in his private Gulfstream 5.
Three helicopters then ferried him and his party of 15 to the Wilson Airport from where he headed to an undisclosed hotel to spend the rest of the night.
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