Koo, an Indian microblogging platform may have finally made a deeper inroad into the African continent following its announcement that Nigerian government has set-up an official account on the company which is a major competitor to Twitter that is currently on suspension in the African nation.
Koo co-founder and CEO, Aprameya Radhakrishna in a post on Koo said, “The official handle of the government of Nigeria is now on Koo!”, an announcement that comes in the backdrop of a standoff between the federal government and Koo rival, Twitter.
Radhakrishna also shared the information on Twitter saying : ”A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia ! Spreading wings beyond India now”.
Nigerian government last friday announced an indefinite suspension of the US Social media platform following the removal by the company of a contentious tweet that President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement..
The suspension has since generated public outcry within and outside the country. Livelihood of many depends on twitter while many digital platforms and companies engaging in online publishing have also complained of the adverse effect of such indefinite suspension of the platform on their operations.
Following this, Koo had said the platform is available in Nigeria and that it is keen on adding new local languages for users in that country.
“Now that there is an opportunity for microblogging platforms in Nigeria…Koo is looking at introducing local Nigerian languages in the app,” Radhakrishna had told PTI in an interview.
He had noted that the platform is keen on making inroads in the Nigerian market, and that Koo will abide by the local laws of each country that it operates in.
Koo has previously stated that it has already complied with India’s IT rules enforced last month, and that it has shared necessary details as sought by the government on the issue.
Founded by Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, Koo was launched last year to allow users to express themselves and engage on the platform in Indian languages. It supports multiple languages including Hindi, Telugu and Bengali, among others.
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