Koo on Saturday mentioned the Indian microblogging platform is on the market in Nigeria and is eager on including new native languages for customers in that nation. The improvement comes a day after the Nigerian authorities introduced an indefinite suspension of Koo’s rival, Twitter in the nation. In a put up on Koo on Saturday, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna mentioned the platform is “out there in Nigeria.”
“We’re thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say?” Radhakrishna mentioned. Speaking to PTI, Radhakrishna mentioned: “Now that there’s a possibility for microblogging platforms in Nigeria…Koo is introducing native Nigerian languages in the app.” He added that the platform is keen on making inroads in the Nigerian market. Radhakrishna said Koo will abide by the local laws of each country that it operates in.
Koo, founded by Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka, 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. The Nigerian government on Friday said it was suspending Twitter indefinitely, a day after the company removed a contentious tweet that President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement. Koo has over 60 lakh users, and had recently raised USD 30 million (about Rs 218 crore) in a funding round led by Tiger Global.
Koo’s popularity in India peaked amid clarion calls for expanding the ecosystem of homegrown digital platforms. The platform has seen a massive growth in its user base over the past few months after union ministers and government departments endorsed the homegrown microblogging platform, following a spat with Twitter. Notably, Radhakrishna’s post on Saturday coincides with the Indian government issuing a notice to Twitter, giving it one last chance to “immediately” adjust to the new IT guidelines. Twitter has additionally been warned that failure to stick to the norms will result in the platform dropping exemption from legal responsibility below the IT Act. Koo had earlier mentioned it has already complied with the IT guidelines and has shared essential particulars as sought by the authorities on the problem.
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