Twitter’s Rival, Koo Launches In Nigeria

Following the Indefinite suspension of Twitter,  American microblogging and social networking platform, its rival, Koo launch its platform in Nigeria.

on Saturday, Koo an Indian microblogging platform announced that the platform is now available in Nigeria and plans are ongoing to add new local languages for users in the giant west African nation.

In a post on the Koo platform on Saturday, Aprameya Radhakrishna, the CEO and co-founder, officially confirmed that the platform is now available in Nigeria.

Speaking, Radhakrishnan said, “We are thinking of enabling the local language there as well”.

He further added that the company is considering introducing a local Nigerian language into the Koo app.

He said, “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.

The application is available on both the Google Play Store and App Store. In India, Koo is downloaded by over 50,00,000 users on the Google Play Store.

Koo’s popularity in India peaked as calls for an expansion of the homemade digital platform ecosystem grew. The platform has seen a significant increase in its user base in recent months after several ministers and government agencies endorsed the microblogging platform following a clash with Twitter refusing to abide by India’s new IT rules.