One platform.
Communicate, trade & grow.
Olbongo brings everything a connected community needs into one app — end-to-end encrypted messaging and calls, the Woza social-commerce feed, Live Soko live selling, and real digital storefronts for local businesses. Bandwidth-aware, offline-tolerant, private by default.
No install needed — run Olbongo right in your browser at web.olbongo.com
Zawadi Boutique
Live Soko
Amina Nataka hiyo blue moja 💙
Juma Bei ya XL?
Neema Nunua sasa!
Kitenge Wrap Dress
TZS 45,000
The ecosystem
One platform. Three pillars.
Everything in Olbongo is connected — your chats, your shop, your community. Nothing lives in a separate app.
Messaging · Voice · Video
Communicate
End-to-end encrypted chats, crystal-clear voice and video calls, and groups that bring people together — private by default and light on data, so conversations flow even on a weak signal.
Woza feed · Live Soko
Trade
The Woza feed turns the community into a marketplace: discover sellers, watch Live Soko broadcasts, and buy from local storefronts — all without ever leaving the conversation.
Storefronts · POS · Apps
Grow
Businesses get digital storefronts, point-of-sale, payroll and mini-apps — a full operating system that starts on a phone, not a server room, and scales with the hustle.
How it works
One app for the whole day
From the morning check-in to the evening live sale, here's how communities actually use Olbongo.
Talk freely — and privately
Every message and call is end-to-end encrypted with the Signal Protocol, so conversations belong only to the people having them. Voice notes, photos, reactions and HD video calls all work smoothly, even when the network doesn't.
- 1:1 and group chats, encrypted by default
- Voice notes and HD voice / video calls
- Screen sharing and in-call chat
- Delivery you can trust on 2G and dead-zones
Mama Neema
online · encrypted
Sell live to a real audience
Go live with Live Soko and turn viewers into buyers. Pin products to the stream, take questions in the comments, and let customers check out in a tap — the shop, the show and the chat all in one place.
- Broadcast to your community in real time
- Tap-to-buy product cards over the stream
- Live comments, reactions and offers
- The Woza feed surfaces sellers to discover
Zawadi Boutique
Live Soko
Amina Nataka hiyo blue moja 💙
Juma Bei ya XL?
Neema Nunua sasa!
Kitenge Wrap Dress
TZS 45,000
Your whole shop, online in minutes
Any seller gets a digital storefront and point-of-sale with zero infrastructure and no fees to start. List products, track stock, take orders and get paid — a business that lives in the same app your customers already use.
- Storefront + catalog with local pricing (TZS)
- Point-of-sale and order management
- Payments, receipts and stock tracking
- Grows into payroll, fleet and mini-apps
Zawadi Boutique
4.9Fashion · Dar es Salaam · 340 sales
Kitenge Set
TZS 45,000
Leather Sandals
TZS 28,000
Beaded Bag
TZS 32,500
Maasai Shuka
TZS 18,000
Payments, storefronts and chat stay inside one encrypted account — no juggling five apps to run a business.
A business operating system
Add the tools your hustle needs
Beyond chat and commerce, Olbongo is a marketplace of business apps — install what you need, when you need it. No new logins, no new devices.
Njiwa SMS
Bulk & transactional messaging to reach customers.
Payroll
Run salaries, payslips and statutory deductions.
Fleet Manager
Track vehicles, trips and drivers in real time.
VFD Scanner
TRA-compliant e-receipts and tax fiscalisation.
Analytics
Sales, traffic and customer insights at a glance.
Reminders
Automated follow-ups, appointments and dues.
Remote Support
Screen-share and assist customers or staff.
Marketplace
Install more mini-apps as the business grows.
Why it matters
Technology that meets people where they are
Olbongo isn't a Western app translated for Africa. It's built around African realities — the networks, the hustles and the communities that power the continent's economy.
Built for our networks
Bandwidth-aware from day one: media that loads on 2G days, and sync that survives dead zones and power cuts. Olbongo is designed for how connectivity really works here — not a Silicon Valley fibre line.
A shop for every hustle
Any seller gets a digital storefront and a live-selling audience with zero infrastructure and no fees to start. The corner shop and the online boutique run on the same footing.
Money stays in the community
Local buyers meet local sellers, and trade circulates where people live. Olbongo builds neighbourhoods and livelihoods, not just another platform taking a cut.
Private by default
End-to-end encryption means your conversations, your customers and your books belong to you. Privacy isn't a paid upgrade — it's the foundation.
3
apps in one — chat, commerce, business
2G
the network it's tuned to run on
E2EE
Signal-protocol encryption, everywhere
1
account for your whole community & shop
Built to last
The engineering choices behind a platform communities — and enterprises — can rely on.
Bring your community onto Olbongo
Get the app today, or join the Early Testers to shape what ships next. One platform to communicate, trade and grow — karibu!