Introducing Wahala

Democratizing
Safety

The community safety & SOS app for real-time incident awareness

Making our communities safer one report at a time

The Information Crisis

Nigeria's current approach to safety relies on antiquated systems that fail to provide real-time, actionable intelligence.

Fragmented Intelligence Sharing

The following go unreported:
63.7% of home robbery [1]
77.3% of sexual crime [2]
> 500% of reported road accidents [3]
79.5% of oil spills mostly due to Vandalism [4][5]

Fear of Retaliation

What hinders crime reporting?
90% of Nigerians believe that they can not report corruption to the authorities without fear of retaliation [2]
73.9% of respondents did not report oil vandals because of fear [2]
86% of the participants have fear of retaliation [3]

The Cost of Delay

The info below does not even factor all the economic and health impact on citizens.
306 dead, 2,716 injuries & 673,738 displaced persons due to Alau Dam collapse. People were sleeping while the tragedy occured. [1]
N2.23 trillion paid as ransom to Kidnappers [2]
N8.8 billion spent on power infrastructure repairs [3]
N11 billion spent by MTN to fix fibre optic cuts [4]
$13 million lost in crude oil due to pipleine vandalism [5]

Introducing Wahala

Real-Time
Incident Awareness
& Intel Management

Wahala isn't just an app. It's a centralized nervous system that connects citizens to one another and the security forces, closing the gap between an incident occurring and you knowing about it.

Anonymous Reporting

Instant Incident Mapping and Alerts

National & Local Disaster Tracking

Verified Crowdsourced Data

Leverages Wahala AI

SECURE

Why It Matters

1. Democratization of Safety

Real-time intelligence is no longer a luxury. Wahala makes safety data accessible to everyone, everywhere.

2. Life-Saving Potential

From avoiding high-risk zones to early disaster warnings, immediate information saves lives.

3. Civic Accountability

A public, verifiable map of infrastructure failures creates transparency and pressure for rapid resolution.

4. AI & Data-Driven Planning

Leveraging state-of-the-art Artifical Intelligence technology & up-to-date data allows for immediate, faster & thorough planning by the government, security forces and emergency responders.

Crowd-Sourced Trust

Trust, but
Verify.

Wahala uses our consensus verification protocol. When an incident is reported, nearby users are instantly pinged to provide a live update to confirm or disprove. This protocol employs different strategies to prevent misinformation.

1. Report: A user drops a pin
2. Broadcast: Alerts nearby users
3. Verify: Neighbors confirm or disprove with a multi-media evidence

MONITORING ACTIVE

Your very own safety network

Knowing what happened is where Wahala starts. Getting you home, keeping your people close and giving your street somewhere to organise is where it goes.

The Wahala Corridor Index showing a calm safety score and incidents mapped along a route across Nigeria

Awareness

The picture nobody hands you

The data exists. It is just scattered across group chats, arriving late and never pointed at you. Wahala gathers it into one live read you can actually act on.

Wahala Index

A live safety score for any area or city, with the last 24 hours of movement.

Route Corridor Index

Incidents along the road you are actually taking, live and from the record.

Globe view

Your saved places and the people in your circles, on one world map.

Always watching

Proximity alerts keep arriving with the app closed and the screen dark.

Commuters and traffic officers on a busy Lagos road

Journeys

Safety that travels with you

The walk home. The long drive. The trip you took because there was no other way to get there. Wahala rides along and speaks up when something changes.

Walk With Me

Share a live journey with your circle until you are safely through the door.

Trip monitoring

Go off-route or stop for too long and the people watching are told.

Crash detection

A hard impact is noticed, and you are asked whether you are alright.

Driving insights

Harsh braking, speeding and rough driving, gathered without judgement.

Three friends talking together outdoors at golden hour in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria

Your people

The ones who'd come running

An alert is only worth something if it reaches somebody who cares. Circles are the small, private group of people who would drop everything for you.

Family Circles

A private group with a live member map. No broadcast, no strangers.

Saved Places

Know when someone reaches home, school or work, and when they leave.

Check-ins

Scheduled "are you safe?" prompts that escalate when nobody answers.

Check-in requests

Ask someone to confirm they are fine, and see the moment they do.

A community meeting held under a canopy in northern Nigeria

Where you live

Your community, mobilised

Estates, compounds and neighbourhood associations already run on WhatsApp groups and paper ledgers. Wahala gives that work somewhere to live.

Communities

Neighbourhood feeds, broadcasts, activities, attendance and dues in one place.

Geofences

Draw a boundary; know when members cross into or out of it.

Estate Command

Residents claim units and issue gate passes. Guards verify at the gate.

Offline verification

Scan a member's code with no signal at all. The gate never waits on a network.

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The Wahala Squad

Meet the minds behind the mission.

Oriekaose C. Agholor

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Lead Research Associate @ University of Michigan-Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) Controls Lead @ UM-Electric Vehicle Center Ex-Rivian, Ex-Yanfeng Pursuing Master's of Science in Engineering at UM in Mechanical Engineering Studying Mechatronics & Electrification Techology. Graduated with Summa Cum Laude in Bachelor's of Robotics and Mechatronic Systems Engineerings - Honors Program from the University of Detroit Mercy

Kosisochukwu G. Kabiri

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Software Engineer at SystemSpecs Develops mission-critical modules for HumanManager platform (serving 900+ organizations) Architecting the Tax Evidence and Corporate Goals modules, automating complex compliance workflows Obtained Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Enugu State University of Technology

Adetunji O. Adewoye

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Incoming Analyst @ Black Rock Ex-Android @ Twitch, Ex-Web @ Amazon Prime & Ex-Computer Vision Research Assistant at Georgia Southern University Obtained a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Mathematics at GSU

Damilola Ale

Marketing Strategist

Founder at SHINE Founding Frontend Engineer at GoNow App & Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador Supports coaching and community operations through content strategy, digital communication & program coordination Obtained Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science with Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University

Not sure who to reach?

Send us a message and it lands with the right person, or email support@wahala.org directly.

Our Advisors

Guided by experience, shaped by purpose.

Commodore Amatere Kpou (Rtd)

Advisor

Senior Naval Officer Maritime Veteran & National Security Strategist

Iria Anenih