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Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 1,000 workers in Kenya
Sama said Meta ended a major Nairobi engagement, and the contractor will cut 1,108 jobs as it shifts toward AI data labeling.
- On Thursday, Sama announced more than 1,000 employees in Nairobi, Kenya, will be laid off after Meta ended a major contract with the content moderation company.
- This follows a 2023 lawsuit where 200 former moderators accused Sama of exploiting workers through low pay and insufficient mental health support for content moderation tasks.
- Moderators from across Africa are seeking $1.6 billion in compensation, describing their work screening distressing content including abuse without sufficient mental health support.
- Sama previously stopped providing content moderation services to Meta, shifting focus to AI data labeling while actively supporting the affected 1,108 staff members with care.
- Facebook parent company Meta stated its contractors are obliged to pay employees above industry standards and provide on-site mental health support by trained practitioners.
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1,100 Kenyan workers face lay off as Meta ends contract with Sama
After years of criticism and lawsuits, Meta is ending a major contract with the Kenyan outsourcing company Sama. The move will see more than 1,100 people lose their jobs, Sama said in a statement.
Meta Ends Sama Contract, Leaving Over 1,100 Kenyan Workers Jobless
NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/meta-ends-sama-contract-leaving-over-1100-kenyan-workers-jobless/Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has terminated its data annotation contract with Nairobi-based outsourcing firm Sama, triggering the redundancy of more than 1,100 workers in Kenya. The layoffs, which affect 1,108 workers, represent one of the most s…
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For the better part of a decade, Kenya has been promoted as a model for ethical outsourcing among global tech firms, and particularly in the jostling for artificial intelligence supremacy. The draw was a young, English-speaking, cost-competitive workforce, ideal for the tedious work of labelling data to train AI models. Sama, a US-based firm that calls itself an “impact employer,” built its Nairobi office around that pitch. It secured contracts …
Sama to lay off over 1,100 employees after Meta ends Nairobi contract
Samasource Impact Sourcing Inc (Sama) announced plans to lay off 1,108 employees at its Nairobi office following the termination of a major client contract with tech giant Meta. In a statement issued on April 16, 2026, the company said it had received formal notice from Meta to end a key engagement that supported a significant portion of its Nairobi operations. Efforts to engage the client and salvage the contract were unsuccessful, prompting th…
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