busuu press

About busuu

busuu's vision is to break down language barriers. We do this through highly engaging, interactive courses in 12 languages on web and mobile. busuu's magic ingredient is its global community of native speakers, who correct each other's exercises while developing their conversational skills. At busuu, every learner is not only a student but also a tutor of their native language.

busuu is committed to provide the closest experience to living in another country through intelligent learning enriched by interactions with native speakers. busuu boasts more than 80m users from over 190 countries and has received several awards.

The company is named after the language of Busuu in Cameroon, spoken by only eight people.

Visit us at busuu.com or find us on Facebook or Twitter.

Press enquiries

Please contact press@busuu.com for any press-related enquiries.

Founders

The company busuu was founded by Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti in 2008 after they met at the IE Business School in Madrid. busuu is now headquartered in London with Bernhard Niesner as CEO & Co-founder.

Awards

We have won a number of awards since the company was founded in 2008, e.g. The Europas, Google Play's Best of, EdTech Europe, Red Herring, European Language Label and many more. Please see a full list of awards on our Awards page.

Brand materials

You can download our logo and official press and marketing kits below. Please ensure that all photos are credited with © busuu and link back to our website https://www.busuu.com. Here are our brand guidelines for reference.

You can take screenshots off our website busuu.com, the iOS app store and the Google Play app store.

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