Facebook Expands ‘Marketplace’ to Mauritius

Facebook has launched its ‘Marketplace’ to 37 countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa and prior to the expansion, Facebook Marketplace was only available in South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria.

The U.S-based social media giants now expand Marketplace to Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, and Zimbabwe.

“As the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic continue to impact people and businesses, the expansion of Marketplace will provide more people with a convenient destination where they can discover new products, shop for things they want, or find buyers for the things they want to sell,” Facebook Director of Public Policy Africa Kojo Boakye, said in a press statement.