head ofwas twitter's commerce, nathan hubbard.ark zuckerberg says facebook millionsd thousands -- to bring customers to connect to the world. that is next. ♪ >> i am cory johnson and this is --loomberg must be a co- west."erg >> facebook announces nearly 100 million users in africa. many of them connected via mobile. i spoke with the author of "the facebook effect." mean zuckerberg is getting even more ambitious? this idea of connecting everyone has really been in the back of his mind, the ultimate purpose of facebook since late 2000 four. in the last couple years, it began to be an actual fair each -- an actual possibility that facebook could connect people in every country in every economic segment. that is a very high priority for him now. >> that changes the total addressable market. >> in his getting bigger. >> add more people. the next thing will be reducing the world's supply of both control. >> that is not something i've heard him mention. he really does feel that this idea of connecting people with one another is a global

. >> that was nathan hubbard. facebookerberg says will spend billions of dollars to bring the internet to the unconnected world. that story is next. >> i am cory johnson and this is bloomberg west. facebook surpassed the $200 billion market value. mark zuckerberg says it is not enough. he wants to spend billions to bring the internet to the unconnected world. this comes as facebook announces more than 100 million active users in africa. 80% of them connecting online via mobile. if this shows a zuckerberg is getting more ambitious. zuckerberg --ark is mark zuckerberg getting more ambitious because he can't -- this idea of connecting everyone has been in the back of his mind. it is only in the last couple of years it began to be an actual possibility that facebook could try to connect people in the early every country and increasingly in every economic segment. that is a high priority for them now. it changes the market. how can facebook continue to grow at the rate -- just add more people. tot thing he will be tryi

-- they hirednate nathan hubbard from ticketmaster ad may have been working on it for almost a year.first strategic announcement that this is what they are doing. have purchases with amazon and facebook is trying it as well. it will be interesting to see how the two social networks decide to do it. this whenve more on we talk to twitter's head of commerce at 3:30 eastern. it will be some interesting stuff. come back and watch more "bloomberg west was quote on your phone, tablet tomorrow. ♪ .. headquarters in new york i am alix steel in for mark crumpton. this is "bottom line today president obama prepares to lay out his strategy to combat islamic states. will apple have a glittering upgrade for its latest gadget release? to our viewers in the united states and those joining us from around the world, welcome. we have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines.