Microblogging site, Koo has announced its presence in Nigeria three days after the Federal Government suspended Twitter indefinitely.
Gatekeepers News reports that Twitter was suspended over “actions which undermine the corporate existence of the country.”
Chief Executive Officer, Aprameya Radhakrishna announced on Saturday that the platform was now available in Nigeria and it was keen on adding new local languages for users in that West African nation.
In a post on the Indian microblogging site, Radhakrishna said, “We are thinking of enabling the local language there as well. He further added that they are considering introducing a local Nigerian language into the Koo app.
“Nigeria is similar to India in terms of language diversity. It has hundreds of regional languages. Koo has a global outlook and will enable micro-blogging in countries that need it the most. We have built a scalable platform, and while we are still enhancing the product, it’s already available for use in multiple countries today.”
Koo was launched in India, its home market, last year and has managed to secure funding of around $30 million from investors such as Tiger Global. Koo’s co-founder and chief executive officer, Aprameya Radhakrishna, says that the start-up has “aggressive plans to grow into one of the world’s largest social media platforms” and claims vast domestic support for this.
