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Twitter employees in Africa have been warned of potential layoffs after their new CEO, Elon Musk, announced plans to cut jobs at the microblogging platform in a bid to cut costs.

Twitter employees in Africa are bracing for possible layoffs amid Elon Musk takeover drama | Pulse Nigeria

Victor Oluwole

<p>Twitter employees in Africa have been warned of potential layoffs after their new CEO, Elon Musk, announced plans to cut jobs at the microblogging platform in a bid to cut costs.</p>

<p>In Ghana, reports have it that the content moderation unit employees are already among those affected as internal sources anticipate more layoffs. The Ghana office was opened in April 2021 to serve as the headquarters of the company in Africa.</p>

<p>Many sources have also speculated that the ongoing layoffs at the company might affect <a href="https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/nigeria-lifts-twitter-ban/qc2431d">Twitter’s plans to open an office in Nigeria</a> despite the microblogging platform reaching an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria last year.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In September, a company spokesperson told <a href="https://businessday.ng/technology/article/no-twitter-jobs-for-nigeria-as-musk-cuts-jobs-in-africa/"><em>BusinessDay</em></a><em> </em>that there were no plans by the company for an office in Nigeria.</p>

<p>Twitter has laid off some of its recruiting teams two months after implementing a hiring freeze amid a takeover bid from Elon Musk.</p>

<p>About a third of the talent acquisition team was affected, according to Thursday reports from various media outlets, including <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Ftwitter-lays-off-third-of-talent-team-11657227105">The Wall Street Journal</a> and<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/07/twitter-layoffs-talent-acquisition/"> TechCrunch.</a> A representative for Twitter confirmed the layoffs to Insider.</p>

<p>Fewer than 100 people were affected by the layoffs, The Journal reported, citing Twitter.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive and founder of Binance, who backed the decision to lay off some employees said: “a slimmer workforce would make more sense” at the social media platform.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Zhao, through Binance, invested $500m (£441m) in Twitter as part of Musk’s $44bn takeover, which was completed last week and has been followed by a stream of changes and mooted overhauls of the company ever since.</p>

<h3>Here’s how some people are reacting to the news.</h3>

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Funny story, I almost took a job at Twitter last year. Money looked good but I had location/tax jurisdiction issues so I chose to pursue West Africa Weekly instead.<br><br>Was disappointed at the time, but today Kim Jong-Tweet is about to clear out that entire West Africa office.<br><br>Wild</p>&mdash; David Hundeyin (@DavidHundeyin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidHundeyin/status/1588452490756124674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The good news about Kim Jong-Tweet nuking Twitter&#39;s Africa content moderation team is that African Twitter users can now pretty much say whatever they want without fear of censorship.<br><br>The bad news is they can now pretty much say whatever they want without fear of censorship.</p>&mdash; David Hundeyin (@DavidHundeyin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidHundeyin/status/1588464211843481600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They are dissolving twitter Africa. Everybody is going home😢</p>&mdash; Torgbuigà (@Mr_Ceyram) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mr_Ceyram/status/1588443101424590851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gradually, the Twitter Africa team is being dissolved…</p>&mdash; Kofi Yeboah (@kofiemeritus) <a href="https://twitter.com/kofiemeritus/status/1587691543325982721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s actually crazy scary when you think of the future of AFRICAN DEVs<br><br>Over 5k fired from Twitter today and not counting those fired from stripe, Netflix, cloudkitchens, Lyft, Uber this week. <br><br>And we&#39;d still have to compete we these guys - from Africa</p>&mdash; Ossy. (@codingossy) <a href="https://twitter.com/codingossy/status/1588455709301153792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So there&#39;s no twitter Africa team again everyone has been layed off. I feel bad for mistermeister and his team💔</p>&mdash; Former Ghanaian (@dsm_Degeneres) <a href="https://twitter.com/dsm_Degeneres/status/1588420501830963200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Twitter employees in Africa are bracing for possible layoffs amid Elon Musk takeover drama

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