US company pledges to hire 600 Kenyans by this week
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US company, Samasource to hire 600 Kenyans by this week and 1,500 more in a fortnight to work on a new project
US company, Samasource to hire 600 Kenyans by this week and 1,500 more in a fortnight to work on a new project.
According to Investments, Trade, and Industry Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria, Sama’s CEO reached out to him, expressing her interest in aiding the government to create 1 million jobs for Kenyans.
Kuria said on Tuesday that 600 Kenyans will get opportunities in the US-based firm in the course of this week.
“Wendy Gonzelez, CEO at World leading BPO giant Samasource, has just informed me that following the recent government efforts to create 1 Million BPO (business process outsourcing) jobs in Kenya, they will this week hire 600 Kenyans and another 1,500 in the next two weeks to work on Computer Vision AI,” the CS stated.
Samasource is a training-data company that focuses on interpreting data for artificial intelligence algorithms based in California, USA.
The company is headquartered in California in the US with branches in several parts of the world, including Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda.
According to Sama, founded by the late activist Leila Janah, applicants can join it to work as data annotation agents, who are key in driving the world’s most ambitious AI projects.
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On its website, it asks applicants to apply for a 10-day program that covers Digital Literacy, Internet Literacy, an Intro to AI, and Professional Workplace Readiness, with an incentive to offer a high-energy and rewarding work environment, practicing the knowledge and skills obtained and other employment benefits.
“Lastly, your privacy is important to us. The answers you provide will be kept secure and confidential,” it says, in line with Kenya laws, which advocate for Privacy and protection of data.
However, Sama is facing legal controversies in Kenya. In May 2023, the Employment and Labour Relations court ordered Sama to continue paying content moderators, pending the determination of a petition some workers filed while opposing their layoffs.
Nonetheless, Sama reportedly distanced the recent Computer Vision AI Jobs announced by CS Kuria from ongoing court cases touching on its operation.
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