Twitter Sets Up It's Africa Operations In Ghana. Here's How To Apply To #TwitterGhana .
Jack Dorsey tweeted possibly the best news this week for Twitter Ghana. Twitter has arrived in Africa and Ghana gets to be the HQ for it’s operations. Although brief, the tweet was shared with a link to a blog post on Twitter blog site and carried a uniquely created hashtag #TwitterGhana . I love it!
🇬🇭 Twitter is now present on the continent.
— jack (@jack) April 12, 2021
Thank you Ghana and @NAkufoAddo. #TwitterGhana https://t.co/tt7KR3kvDg
Naturally, Twitter is hiring to fill up positions for it’s Ghana team. You can find these 12 positions in the marketing and communications and publishing fields here on the Twitter Careers Site. Mind you these positions are remote-based.
Michael Montano, Lead, Engineering also tweeted upcoming roles in engineering. 🥳
Could not be more excited about this. Engineers in Ghana, we will share the job postings very soon! #TwitterGhana https://t.co/MSEt6dWM9M
— Michael Montano (@michaelmontano) April 12, 2021
His Excellency, Nana Akufo-Addo wasn’t going to left out of the action, also quoted Jack’s tweet expressing his excitement for the potential this holds for Ghana’s tech industry.
The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is EXCELLENT news. Gov’t and Ghanaians welcome very much this announcement and the confidence reposed in our country. 1/3 #TwitterInGhana #TwitterGhana https://t.co/HdCqFgXK0x
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) April 12, 2021
The blog post also shared the reason why Ghana was chosen as it’s African operations office.
“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. ”
This move by Twitter also comes on the back of Jack’s 2020 tweet about staying in Ghana for 6months which many say was also a sign of a future Twitter office here.
It’s simply exciting times for the Ghana tech space. I’m excited to see young Ghanaians getting hired by Twitter which will inspire more youth in taking up STEM related courses.
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