IA in Kenya: Behind Subcontracting Companies, the Rise of a New Working Class

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In Kenya, the company Sama, a subcontractor of Meta, announced in mid-April 2026 the dismissal of more than one thousand employees in Nairobi after the breach of its contract with the American group. This decision occurs in an already tense context, reinforced in February by the revelations on access to intimate content via Meta's connected glasses. Without an established official link, workers, researchers and NGOs evoke a story that tends to h…