As part of its efforts “to help people and businesses connect” on the continent, Facebook on Monday announced it had opened its first African office in Johannesburg. A statement from the world’s biggest social network, which has some 1.4 billion active users worldwide including 120 million in Africa, said the office will support the significant growth of businesses and people using Facebook.

Facebook said more than 80 percent of people in African access the social network from their mobile phones. The Social networking site will initially focus on in sub-Saharan countries including Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and will also offer support for Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique and Ethiopia.

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