Built for African communities

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

End-to-end encrypted Works on 2G Offline-ready
9:41
ZB

Zawadi Boutique

Live Soko

LIVE
👁 1.2k watching

Amina Nataka hiyo blue moja 💙

Juma Bei ya XL?

Neema Nunua sasa!

Kitenge Wrap Dress

TZS 45,000

Buy
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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.

Communicate

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
9:41
MN

Mama Neema

online · encrypted

Habari! Umepata ile order ya kitenge?
Ndiyo 🙌 nimeituma leo asubuhi
0:12
Asante sana! Bei ni TZS 45,000 sawa?
Payment received · TZS 45,000
Message…
Trade

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
9:41
ZB

Zawadi Boutique

Live Soko

LIVE
👁 1.2k watching

Amina Nataka hiyo blue moja 💙

Juma Bei ya XL?

Neema Nunua sasa!

Kitenge Wrap Dress

TZS 45,000

Buy
Add a comment…
Grow

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
9:41
ZB

Zawadi Boutique

4.9

Fashion · Dar es Salaam · 340 sales

Search this shop

Kitenge Set

TZS 45,000

Leather Sandals

TZS 28,000

Beaded Bag

TZS 32,500

Maasai Shuka

TZS 18,000

2 items · TZS 73,000
Checkout

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

End-to-end encryption (Signal Protocol)
MFA, SSO & SAML for organisations
Low-bandwidth first, 2G-friendly
Offline-tolerant sync
Microservices, scalable by design
Role-based access & full audit trails

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!