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Establishing Twitter's presence in Africa

By Kayvon Beykpour and Uche Adegbite
Monday, 12 April 2021
    
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Twitter's mission is to serve the public conversation, and it's
essential, for the world and for Twitter, to increase the number of
people who feel comfortable participating in it. To do this, we need
to make it easier for everyone to join in and provide more relevant
experiences for people across the world.

Today, in line with our growth strategy, we're excited to announce
that we are now actively building a team in Ghana. To truly serve the
public conversation, we must be more immersed in the rich and vibrant
communities that drive the conversations taking place every day
across the African continent. 

We are looking for specialists to join several teams including
product, design, engineering, marketing and communications. Full
details on current job openings can be found on the Twitter Careers
site. Aligned with our existing WFH policies, we look forward to
welcoming and onboarding our new team members remotely so that we can
make an immediate impact while we explore the opportunity to open an
office in Ghana in the future. 

Why Ghana?

As a champion for democracy, Ghana is a supporter of free speech,
online freedom, and the Open Internet, of which Twitter is also an
advocate. Furthermore, Ghana's recent appointment to host The
Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area aligns with
our overarching goal to establish a presence in the region that will
support our efforts to improve and tailor our service across Africa. 

Whenever we enter new markets, we work hard to ensure that we are not
just investing in the talent that we hire, but also investing in
local communities and the social fabric that supports them. We have
already laid foundations through partnerships with Amref Health
Africa in Kenya, Afrochella in Ghana, Mentally Aware Nigeria
Initiative (MANI) in Nigeria, and The HackLab Foundation in Ghana. As
part of our long-term commitment to the region, we'll continue to
explore compelling ways we can use the positive power of Twitter to
strengthen our communities through employee engagement, platform
activation, and corporate giving. 

We still have much to learn but we are excited to listen, learn, and
engage. Public conversation is essential to solving problems,
building shared ideas, and pushing us all forward together. We can't
wait for the next step on that journey.

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Product Lead, Twitter and Co-Founder, Periscope

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Uche Adegbite

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Director, Product Management, Global Markets

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