Twitter fires staff at Ghana office

ACCRA. – In less than two weeks since Elon Musk took over the Twitter company, there are already concerns that the company is choosing to ignore key risks in its biggest international growth markets.

On Friday, reports emerged of a massive layoff of employees across its only African office in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.

Till last week, staff of the Twitter company in the company’s Accra office had been working remotely since its announced that it would open its first African office in Ghana in April 2021,

Only one employee appears to have been retained in the Ghana office after the job cuts which also affected the company’s India office. The Ghana office was opened to some fanfare last year with the company saying it wanted to be more “immersed” in African conversations.

There are reports the Ghana staff allegedly sent messages about the end of their contracts to their personal accounts, after being denied access to work emails.

“It’s very insulting,” said one person who wanted to stay anonymous.

“From the mail to the lack of next steps to the tone of the letter. Just everything. Ridiculously insulting,” a staff member lamented. The termination of employment notice indicates that the “last day of employment will be 4 December 2022”.