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Indian social media platform 'Koo' considers expansion in Nigeria after Twitter ban

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 06, 2021, at 06:32 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Indian social networking site Koo is hoping to make bigger inroads on to Nigeria after the country suspended Twitter "indefinitely" two days after the US-based micro blogging site deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.

"@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We're thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say?" wrote the company's co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna on Twitter.

@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We're thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say? pic.twitter.com/NUia1h0xUi
— Aprameya R (@aprameya) June 5, 2021

Koo, which has a yellow coloured logo somewhat similar to Twitter, aims to have 100 million users "over the next couple of years" was launched in 2020 by Radhakrishna, an Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad alumnus, and Mayank Bidawatka.

Radhakrishna's tweet was welcomed by several users, who made various suggestions to boost the reach of the Indian micro-blogging site.

That’s be fantastic. You very well could take the market share there. Give govt officials executive handles & so on. Maybe Create adverts asap & Promote it there? & on app stores as well?
— Shreyas (@imnotshreyas) June 5, 2021

Promote local artists and vloggers, make their verified ac by your side approach.
— Sudhanshu K Singh (@singhksudhanshu) June 5, 2021

While it is not known how many followers Koo has, it has managed to garner more than $34 million in funding so far, according to a new Forbes India profile.

It has official accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet and is said to comply with the instructions of government and law enforcement agencies in comparison to Twitter which has been asked by the Centre to follow rules and regulations as framed from time-to-time.

#Koo #Nigeria #TwitterBan #Twitter

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