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IT Home reported on August 13 that according to techcabal, people familiar with the matter revealed that TikTok laid off employees in Africa in June this year, involving content operations, marketing, and trust and safety teams, and claimed thatMore layoffs expected in the third quarter of 2024。

Former TikTok employees revealed that more than half of the employees of TikTok's African team in South Africa and Nigeria were affected. In addition, TikTok cut some positions in the African team in March this year.

TikTok declined to comment on any part of the story.

According to previous reports by IT Home, in May this year, it was reported that TikTok planned to lay off a large number of employees worldwide and disband its global user operations team.

An executive who wished to remain anonymous revealed to foreign media: These changes (referring to layoffs) are not a response to anything (referring to ByteDance being asked to sell TikTok, and ByteDance officially stated that it has no plans to sell TikTok), but are necessary changes made in the continuous evaluation of the business.