Jack Dorsey to stay in Ghana for 6 months | Twitter Africa HQ will be in Accra | PodBites Ep.1
Ghana Twitter staff are reporting the Jack Dorsey moving to Ghana to June for 6 months.
Jack Dorsey has previously visited Ghana and spoken at a few events and meetups.
Last year, Jack Dorsey discussed the usage of Bitcoin in Africa, and is a big fan of the cryptocurrency having integrated the ability to purchase bitcoin on the CashApp (another one of his companies). He even attended a Bitcoin meetup in Ghana. The Tech Tycoon who recently purchased the music streaming service Tidal for almost half a billion dollars, wants to make Accra his main home in Africa whilst travelling the rest of the continent.
The move of Twitter establishing themselves in Ghana was a welcome prospect by the Ghanaian President Nana Akuffo-Addo, who tweeted “The choice of Ghana as HQ for Twitter’s Africa operations is excellent news. Government and Ghanaians welcome very much this announcement and the confidence reposed in our country,”
There’s also some hope that some of Jack’s other wealthy business pals would also be inspired to visit Ghana and perhaps establish a base of their own here.
With most of the world working remotely or from home, The Twitter job market will be even more open with Africans all over the continent likely to apply for the role. In addition, this may create opportunities for Twitter to outsource some roles to non-Ghanaians. As much as Twitter’s move to Ghana has been widely celebrated, you could argue there has been some controversial discussions on how much this move will actually Benefit Ghanaians themselves.
When twitter opens, they plan to engage with Tech Hubs in Ghana that they already have relationships .Ghanaian tech entrepreneurs and specialists have been encouraged to apply for these jobs based in Ghana.
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