Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract
More than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company contracted by Meta, in what activists said was a shocking move exposing the precariousness of tech jobs in the global south. Sama, a company base ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1418#7634)
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Published: 30 July 2026
Source: AI Incident Database
Category: Incidents
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 1 August 2026
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