Kenya: Sama to Lay Off 1,108 Nairobi Staff After Meta Contract Exit

Kenya: Sama to Lay Off 1,108 Nairobi Staff After Meta Contract Exit

Nairobi -- Outsourcing firm Sama will lay off 1,108 employees at its Nairobi office after Meta ended a major contract.

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…

Sama to lay off over 1,100 Kenyan workers

Samasource Impact Sourcing Inc (Sama), a Kenya-based business process outsourcing firm, will lay off over 1,100 employees in Nairobi after receiving notice from Meta that it will terminate a major content and data annotation contract.  The San Francisco-headquartered data labelling firm said in a statement it had issued a formal redundancy notice on Thursday to 1,108 workers at its Nairobi delivery centre, most of whom are tied to the now-termin…