'Just setting up my twttr': Twitter CEO sells first-ever tweet for €2.4m

Money from the auction will be donated to a charity battling Covid-19 in Africa

Twitter founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey. File Picture

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has sold his first-ever tweet for more than 2.9 million US dollars (€2.4m), donating the money to a charity battling Covid-19 in Africa.

The tweet has been sold as a unique digital token, known as an NFT (non-fungible token), following a bidding war between Sina Estavi, CEO of cryptocurrency company Bridge Oracle, and tech entrepreneur Justin Sun.