India’s Koo eyes opportunity in Nigeria after country bans Twitter indefinitely

Indian social networking company Koo is now eyeing a push in Nigeria after the African nation indefinitely suspended Twitter’s activities on Friday. Taking to Twitter, Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said that the new microblogging platform, a Twitter lookalike, is available in Nigeria and the Bengaluru-based company is considering enabling local languages too.

“@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We’re thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say?” tweeted Radhakrishna.

Nigeria suspended Twitter in apparent retaliation after the US-based company removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists. Information minister Lai Mohammed cited “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” as a reason to suspend Twitter operations.