Meta Lays Off 3,600 Staff, Impacting Nigeria, Africa

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has laid off 3,600 employees worldwide, affecting staff in Nigeria and across Africa. The layoffs were communicated through an internal memo, with exemptions only for employees in Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

Meta announced that employees across Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe would receive termination notices between February 11 and 18, 2025.

A Meta spokesperson for sub-Saharan Africa described the layoffs as part of the company’s routine performance-based dismissals, though the exact number of affected employees in Africa remains undisclosed.

“We have communicated transparently that, following our recent performance review cycle, we plan to exit our lowest-performing employees.

“We have the highest confidence in the fairness and robustness of our performance review process leading to these decisions, and impacted employees are being provided with generous severance packages,“ a Meta spokesperson stated.

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The severance package includes 16 weeks of base salary plus an additional two weeks for each year of service.

It also covers full payment for unused paid time off, six months of healthcare benefits, three months of career support, and immigration assistance where applicable.

The layoffs come as Meta shifts its focus to artificial intelligence (AI) and reallocates resources towards automation and operational efficiency.

While the company frames these terminations as part of routine restructuring, affected employees in Nigeria, Africa, and beyond now face an uncertain job market amid the tech industry’s ongoing transformation.

Business Day