. -- linda thomas greenfield joined emily chang last week with david kirkpatrick. >> they skipped a lot of steps to get to where they are today. >> i would describe technology as thriving. an interest in improving access to technology. one of the areas africans skip over technology is in the telephone technology. they never had land lines in an expansive way. the use of cell phones became popular. bankingook the lead in via telephone and communications

cory: that was the interview with linda greenfield.houston, we have a mark zuckerberg problem. facebook's first ever streaming live with the international space station. we will take a look at nasa and there out of this world social media strategy. ♪ >> facebook posted its first postedhis week, facebook sted its firsto live event from space. it is the latest in what has been an effort by nasa to ramp up its social media outreach. we heard from nasa's deputy social media manager, jason townsend. >> we are sharing what is going on. we have these incredible images and an incredible story to tell about exploring. we are looking at other planets and what is going on in the universe and earth. being able to share that is an incredible story to tell. we are able to connect in a way using social media that is successful. cory: the numbers are through the roof. your instagram stuff, your facebook stuff. does it reflect nasa's mission from small to large, to try to discover what is going on in the universe? >> i think that right now, social medi

are joined by linda thomas greenfield joining me in the studio.kpatrick is still with us in new york. thank you so much for joining us. it is fascinating. i had not heard the term silicon savanna until today that apparently people are using these terms. linda: people are using in after the kenya tech summit? emily: how would you describe the tech scene in africa right now? you say they skipped a lot of steps to get to where they are today. linda: i would describe technology in africa as thriving. there is a huge interest in improving access to technology. one of the areas where africans really get technology is in -- skipped over technology is in telephone technology where they never had land lines in an expansive way on the continent, but the use of cell phones became immediately popular. africa really took the lead in banking via telephone and communication in a way that did not happen in the united states for a number of reasons. one being we already had other technologies. emily: so people have a cell phone and they are connected? linda: you c

. -- linda thomas greenfield joined emily chang last week with david kirkpatrick. >> they skipped a lot of steps to get to where they are today. >> i would describe technology as thriving. an interest in improving access to technology. one of the areas africans skip over technology is in the telephone technology. they never had land lines in an expansive way. the use of cell phones became popular. bankingook the lead in via telephone and communications the a cell phones, and a way that did not happen in the united dates for a number of reasons. one being we had other technology. go into the deepest village in the middle of nowhere on aid to her road and you will see a market woman or village woman, a chief with a working cell phone. forhat makes africa right tech disruption? 10africa had six of the fastest growing economies. companies not recognized in previous years. companies are beginning to see the opportunities and resources that are available in africa that they can invest in. they know these opportunities can be profitable. >> we talk a lot about tech in china, europe, india. we

anne patterson, anne richard, and linda thomas-greenfield . will introduce them shortly.ow my great pleasure to introduce a good friend of the women's policy group. national security correspondent and editor of the washington post who has been a regular speaker and monitor for and we really appreciate that. thank you so much, karen. as has previously served euroseas and latin america and covering the white house and the intelligence community. as well as assistant management editor. please join me in welcoming karen. karen: thank you. i'm so happy to be here. it is a great turnout. as pat said, we have a title territory,s a lot of terrorism, regional conflicts, the middle east and africa. i hope we can do justice to it. i don't think we could have a better panel. when i walkeduck past the assistant secretary's offices. most of them are women. we have three of the most experienced formats to take us through the most pressing national security issues. i will briefly introduce them. and patterson is a career diplomat who serves as the assistant secretary of state. many of yo

we will bring you the best interviews from the entire week, including linda thomas greenfield.est of bloomberg best -- west" this weekend on bloomberg television. ♪ cory: in this edition of "out of this world," blue origin lands a contract with nasa. the space agency says it added a list of vendors chosen to fly payloads near the boundary of space. virgin galactic among the list of firms already with this kind of contract. box shares took a beating, dropping the most in four months after the cloud-based software company -- they do it all. box ceo aaron levie joints me. -- joins me. talk to me about the quarter. when analysts missed numbers, i think the analysts missed, not the company. number wasn't what they thought their you introduce this idea of seasonality. if that fair to say? aaron: yes, there are probably two major factors that drove the billings number being different than what analysts expected. moreirst is we are seeing seasonality in our bigger deals. more of our customers are doing their larger deployments of box and beyond, which seems to follow the seasonality of

and patterson, linda thomas greenfield and and richard -- ann richard. they will be introduced shortly. it is my great pleasure to introduce a good friend of the women foreign-policy group. security, national has been a regular speaker moderator for the vf tg. we appreciate that. thank you so much. [applause] she previously served as your teeth in latin america and london and covering the white house. covering foreign-policy in the intelligence community. as well as assistant managing editor of national news, national editor and foreign editor. of is also the recipient numerous journalist awards for her coverage of international affairs. welcomingn me in dian. d and -- >> thank you, pat. good afternoon. i'm so happy to be back here at such a great occasion and such a great turnout. titlee said, we have a that covers a whole lot of territory today. combating terrorism, regional conflicts and migration conflicts in the little used in africa. east and africa. i hope we can do justice but i don't think we can have a better panel. every time i walk past the s

assistant secretaries of state whose bureaus cover these issues. , linda thomas greenfield, and and richards. ann richards. our moderator will introduce them shortly. it's now migrate pleasure to introduce a good friend of the women's foreign policy group, ng.en deyou associate editor of the washington post, who has been a regular speaker and moderator , and we really appreciate that. thank you so much, karen. [applause] previously served as bureau chief in latin america, london, a correspondent covering the white house, covering foreign policy and the , as wellnce community as assistant managing editor for national news, national editor and foreign editor. she is also the recipient of numerous journalism awards for her coverage of international affairs. please join me in welcoming karen. [applause] >> thank you, pat. good afternoon. i'm so happy to be back here with such a great turnout. says, we have a title that covers a whole lot of territory today. combating terrorism, and migration challenges in the middle east and africa. i hope we can do justice to it, but in the effort, i'm always s