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Sama: Layoffs
Sama laying off over 1,100 Kenyan workers following end of Meta contract
Source: TechCabal (Africa)
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Workforce moves like this mark the contracting side of the sector hiring conditions.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 112.9 (Hot) (up 11.4 month-on-month), Americas is at rising (+2.5pts) on signal share.
Sama: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 1 days.
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