- Kanayo O. Kanayo ignited a firestorm online as he delivered a piercing message to Mark Zuckerberg and his Meta team, exposed a troubling pattern on Instagram.
- With the conviction of an online user, Kanayo called out the tech billionaire, accused him of perpetuating a silent bias against African and black content creators
Nigerian veteran actor Kanayo O. Kanayo has taken direct aim at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, voiced deep concerns over a baffling decline in his Instagram followers.
Kanayo, in new clip, revealed that his once-impressive follower count of 2.3 million has mysteriously dropped to 1.9 million over the past 7 to 8 months. The sharp decline did not sit right with him, especially as he noticed a similar trend affecting many other creators.
The industry elder did not hold back, questioned why his numbers were nosediving instead of growing. He pointed to a troubling pattern, noted that this issue seemed to disproportionately impact African creators.
Kanayo called on Zuckerberg and his team to address this imbalance, highlighted that Nigerian creators contribute significantly to the platform’s success and deserve fair treatment.
He said, “I have noticed that for the past seven to eight months, my Instagram page followership which was about 2.2 or 2.3 million was brought down to 1.9 million.
“It is that my followership has not added up to one thousand for seven to eight months? It’s a matter of concern because it’s happening to a lot of people. We are using a platform that we have no control over and the way that they are treating us is very bad. So I’m calling on the owners of Instagram to treat us like content creators; it’s beneficial to you as well as it’s complementary beneficial to us.”
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This comes months after Kanayo O. Kanayo stirred the pot with his blunt, unfiltered take on how Igboland might have fared if Peter Obi, the Anambra-born Labour Party presidential candidate, had clinched the 2023 election.
In a no-holds-barred appearance on the Leadership Podcast with media personality Stephen Akintayo, Kanayo delivered a searing critique of Nigeria’s political landscape. He did not sugarcoat his thoughts, offered a raw and thought-provoking assessment of what an Obi presidency could have meant for the Igbo people.
Kanayo’s words cut deep as he argued that, despite Obi’s selfless image, Igboland might have faced even tougher times under his rule..
He painted a stark picture, suggesting that Obi’s unwavering focus on the nation’s greater good could have left his own people with harsher realities, revealed a hard truth that many might find difficult to swallow.
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