Young Nigerians Launch New Social Media App ‘Afrister’  

Two young Nigerians have launched a new social media app known as ‘Afrister’.

The social media app which was launched on the 1st of August, 2020, was created by Aliyu Ishaq, Chief Executive Officer of Afrister, and Alhassan Abubakar Sadiq, the Chief Operating Officer.

According to the young talented Nigerians, in an interview with LEADERSHIP yesterday in Abuja, Afrister is a social media platform that enables people to connect in communities, share videos and audio, stickers and files, blogging, and also grow business.

He added that the app was built with the provision of 10 different languages which include English, Arabic, Hausa, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish languages.

According to them, the app has many features such as live streaming, video call, audio chat, videos, audio, files, games, stickers and can also be used by bloggers.

“Some of the benefits of the app include being able to chat, share videos, pictures and On Afrister, you can connect with like-minded people from all over the world, chat with them in real-time, and even buy and sell goods and services. And if you’re a content creator, you can earn money from your content through the platform. and also a user can earn points depending on how their engagement is on app, they can turn their point into money.

The App is safe because more authentication has been put in place to protect end-to-end encryption of private chat between users,” Ishaq said.

He stated that the app is built in a way to protect users’ information and privacy.

“We have privacy settings which is built for the purpose. User phone numbers are not also visible to other users and personal information is not visible.

“We have the admin panel for the team use. They can see any posts and other things but cannot see the chat conversations. We can delete videos, and pictures, if there is a report, an account can also be deleted after scrutiny by the admin. Also, users’ pages can be modified. Misinformation and fake news can be handled and taken down when users report issues and we confirm them as fake. Same goes for gory contents”, Ishaq also said.

The apps are available in Play Store, and AppStore and also available on web browsers.