Indian origin 'Koo' eyes Nigerian market after Twitter ban

Indian origin 'Koo' eyes Nigerian market after Twitter ban

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Saturday, June 05, 2021, 07:34 PM IST
article-image
Koo app |

Indian social networking company Koo is looking for its expansion into Nigeria after the country suspended micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday, two days after the platform deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.

Now, company's co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna took to twitter to hint its push into the African country. He wrote, "@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We're thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say?".


His post drew a number of suggestions about the push from twitteratis.

The microblogging site, Koo,a homemade version of the social networking platform, was co-founded by entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidwatka. Radhakrishna had founded online cab booking service TaxiForSure, which was subsequently sold to Ola Cabs.

The app is available in Kannada, Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi. In the future it plans to provide support for Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Urdu.


Nigeria announced on Friday that it was suspending Twitter operations in the country, saying the platform was being used for activities "capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence."

Information Minister Lai Mohammed said the government made the move because of "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence".

Twitter had riled authorities in Nigeria on Wednesday when it deleted a remark on President Buhari's account for violating regulations after he referred to the country's civil war in a warning about the recent unrest in the southeast.

RECENT STORIES

Airlines Hike Ahmedabad Airfares By 5X After AI-171 Crash; Air India Charges Over ₹25,000 Amid...

Airlines Hike Ahmedabad Airfares By 5X After AI-171 Crash; Air India Charges Over ₹25,000 Amid...

West Bengal Politics: Abhishek Banerjee Opts Out Of July 21 Rally Posters, Says He Was Not Part Of...

West Bengal Politics: Abhishek Banerjee Opts Out Of July 21 Rally Posters, Says He Was Not Part Of...

'Inaccurate': Dassault CEO Eric Trappier Rejects Pakistan's Claim Of Shooting Down Rafale During...

'Inaccurate': Dassault CEO Eric Trappier Rejects Pakistan's Claim Of Shooting Down Rafale During...

Priyanka Gandhi Shocked As Nameplate Falls And Breaks On Stage While Unveiling At Rally In Wayanad...

Priyanka Gandhi Shocked As Nameplate Falls And Breaks On Stage While Unveiling At Rally In Wayanad...

Snake Bites Man While Performing Dangerous Stunt, Battles for Life In UP's Amroha (VIDEO)

Snake Bites Man While Performing Dangerous Stunt, Battles for Life In UP's Amroha (VIDEO)