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E-commerce hub

Nairobi layoffs, tracked in full.

Nairobi has seen 2K job cuts across 14 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.2% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
2K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
9
active + historical
Rounds
14
total events
Top industry
E-commerce
71% of cuts
Global city rank
#47
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
2K
Across 14 roundsRank #47
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
9
across 4 industriesE-commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#47
0.2% of global totalof 199 cities
By industry · Nairobi· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

E-commerce
3 ROUNDS
71% of Nairobi cuts
1,464
PEOPLE
Food & Beverage
3 ROUNDS
24%
494
PEOPLE
Logistics & Supply Chain
3 ROUNDS
4%
84
PEOPLE
Crypto
2 ROUNDS
<1%
6
PEOPLE
Top companies · Nairobi

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Copia
E-COMMERCE · 2 ROUNDS
1,410
#02
Twiga
FOOD & BEVERAGE · 2 ROUNDS
494
#03
Sendy
LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN · 3 ROUNDS
84
#04
Marketforce
E-COMMERCE · 1 ROUNDS
54
#05
Mara
CRYPTO · 2 ROUNDS
6
#06
CloudFactory
DATA & ANALYTICS · 1 ROUNDS
—
#07
Mobius Motors
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Nairobi· Latest

The latest Nairobi layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Severe
MM
Mobius Motors
Mobius Motors Layoffs — 2024-08-06
Nairobi ·
—
techpoint.africa ↗
High
C
Copia
Copia Layoffs — 2024-06-06
Nairobi ·
1,060
techcabal.com ↗
High
C
Cellulant
Cellulant Layoffs — 2023-08-23
Nairobi ·
—
techeconomy.ng ↗
Severe
T
Twiga
Twiga Layoffs — 2023-08-20
Nairobi ·
283
techcabal.com ↗
Severe
S
Sendy
Sendy Layoffs — 2023-08-08
Nairobi ·
—
techcrunch.com ↗
Severe
C
Copia
Copia Layoffs — 2023-07-26
Nairobi ·
350
techcabal.com ↗
Low
M
Mara
Mara Layoffs — 2023-06-06
Nairobi ·
6
techcabal.com ↗
Low
M
Mara
Mara Layoffs — 2022-12-31
Nairobi ·
—
techcabal.com ↗
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