The Ghanaian headquarters is the first opened by the micro-blogging platform in Africa, sixteen years after its creation.

US microblogging platform Twitter has officially inaugurated its Ghanaian headquarters in Accra.   It was announced on Tuesday, October 1, by Kafui Sokpe, Senior Associate Director of Twitter Africa. The new headquarters will allow the firm to coordinate the activities of Twitter Africa.

“A year ago Twitter entered Africa via Ghana. Today we officially opened Twitter’s Africa HQ in Accra, and for the first time all [Twitter users] in the region left their home desks and convened to work as one team. Worth celebrating amidst all the back-to-back news headlines,”  Kafui Sokpe  tweeted.

On April 21, 2021, Twitter announced that it chose Ghana as the headquarters for its African operations due to the country’s appointment to host the AfCFTA secretariat and its openness toward the internet.

"As a champion for democracy, Ghana is a supporter of free speech, online freedom and the Open Internet, of which Twitter is also an advocate. Furthermore, Ghana’s recent appointment to host The Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area aligns with our overarching goal to establish a presence in the region that will support our efforts to improve and tailor our services across Africa,” the platform explained in a statement.  

It also indicated it hired 11 people in Ghana, inviting more people to join.  With this new office, Twitter follows its biggest rival, Facebook Inc, which opened its first African office in Johannesburg in 2015 and announced, in 2020, a second office in Lagos. The initiative is in line with the growth strategy of Twitter, which aims to become more involved in the communities that fuel daily discussions across the continent.

Samira Njoya