Twitter has fired nearly all its staff in Ghana, which was home to its only office in Africa.
The firm “is re-organising its operations as a result of a need to reduce costs,” read Twitter’s email, seen by the BBC.
The layoffs were part of a global staff cull introduced by new boss Elon Musk.
The Ghana office was opened to some fanfare last year with the company saying it wanted to be more “immersed” in African conversations.
An anonymous employee told the BBC no redundancy was offered, unlike in some other countries, but their normal salary would be paid until the end of the contract at the beginning of next month, they said.
On 4 November Elon Musk tweeted that employees had been “offered 3 months of severance”, after news started to break globally about mass staff layoffs, however, it was not clear what office he was referring to.
“It’s very insulting,” the anonymous Ghana employee said. Under local law laid-off staff must be paid redundancy and should be given three months notice, as opposed to under a month in the case of the Ghanaian employees who have been told the “last day of employment will be 4 December 2022”.
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“From the mail to the lack of next steps to the tone of the letter. Just everything. Ridiculously insulting,” the staff member continued.
Ghana staff were sent messages about the end of their contracts to their personal accounts, after being denied access to work emails.
Source: BBC