India's Koo Eyes Nigeria's Social Media Scene After Country Bans Twitter
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Koo's founders have hard sold its India-based operations and willingness to follow instructions from the government and law enforcement.
Indian social networking company Koo is considering a focused push into Nigeria after the African country suspended Twitter on Friday, two days after the US-based platform 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? pic.twitter.com/NUia1h0xUi 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? Promote local artists and vloggers, make their verified ac by your side approach. "@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. His post drew a number of suggestions about the venture from Twitter users.
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