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Kenya
E-commerce hub

Nairobi layoffs, tracked in full.

Nairobi has seen 2K job cuts across 4 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
2
active + historical
Rounds
4
total events
Top industry
E-commerce
74% of cuts
Global city rank
#44
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
2K
Across 4 roundsRank #44
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
2
across 2 industriesE-commerce leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#44
0.2% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Nairobi· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

E-commerce
2 ROUNDS
74% of Nairobi cuts
1,410
PEOPLE
Food & Beverage
2 ROUNDS
26%
494
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
Recent events · Nairobi· Latest

The latest Nairobi layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
High
C
Copia
Copia Layoffs — 2024-06-06
Nairobi ·
1,060
techcabal.com ↗
Severe
T
Twiga
Twiga Layoffs — 2023-08-20
Nairobi ·
283
techcabal.com ↗
Severe
C
Copia
Copia Layoffs — 2023-07-26
Nairobi ·
350
techcabal.com ↗
High
T
Twiga
Twiga Layoffs — 2022-11-16
Nairobi ·
211
techcrunch.com ↗
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