Coronavirus outbreak has made Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to rethink his plans to spend up to six months in Africa, after he made the announcement in November 2019.
Although he did not mention the country he would stay, there are speculations that it could be one of Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria or South Africa.
Mr. Dorsey made this announcement during the Morgan Stanley conference in California that he would reconsider the idea, citing coronavirus outbreak.
He was quoted in a tweet by the company that “I had been working on my plans where I’d work decentralized, as my team and I do when we travel, but in light of COVID-19 and everything else going on I need to reevaluate. Either way we’ll continue to pursue opportunities in Africa.”
He said he made a mistake tweeting about his planned trip without proper context.
The announcement by Mr. Dorsey is coming following confirmed cases of the disease in Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. Cameroon announced its first case on Friday after a French citizen tested positive and 24 hours after South Africa confirmed its first case. There are now 29 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa.
As at Friday 6 March, there are 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide. More than 55,000 infected persons have recovered, while 3,400 have died. Countries with major fatalities are China, Italy, Iran and South Korea.
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