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Emergency help should not depend on who answers first.

oyaAlerts is a community-powered emergency response network for Nigeria, one signal that reaches your trusted circle, nearby responders, and the people closest to where you are.

Join before launch/Free 1-month access/NIN-verified

Your signup helps us decide where oyaAlerts launches first.

SOS / Live signal
SOS / YOUTrusted contactsNearby respondersEstate & securityEmergency operatorsMedical teams
Signal sentContacts notifiedCoverage formingResponse path active
SOS
Emergency
AL
Alert sent
RN
Responder notified
PD
Partner dispatched
FI
Family informed
OK
Resolved
87%
Emergency calls go unanswered
<60s
Target SOS dispatch time
1.2M
Preventable deaths yearly
>0.4
Target Ambulances per 100k people
01 - Why this needs to exist

In an emergency, most Nigerians are on their own.

Today, getting help in a crisis means dialing a number and hoping someone picks up. Lines are congested, addresses are hard to communicate, and the people closest to you - who could actually help - often never know anything happened.

Isolation

A single call places everything on one overwhelmed system, with no fallback if no one answers.

Invisibility

Responders and community members nearby have no way of knowing someone needs them within walking distance.

Coordination

Even when help arrives, family, security, and medics rarely share the same thread of what is actually happening.

02 - Response timeline

One signal. Everyone who can help, at once.

  1. 01SOS

    One tap. Signal sent.

    A single press sends an swift alert and the nature of the emergency from your phone.

  2. 02Signal

    Trusted circle alerted.

    Family, friends, and chosen contacts are notified immediately and can follow the situation in real time.

  3. 03Support

    Nearby help dispatched.

    Verified responders, estate security, and community members close to you are coordinated in parallel.

  4. 04Resolution

    One thread, until safe.

    Everyone stays on the same response thread, no repeated calls, no lost context, until the situation is resolved.

Real response is built by a community, not an app.

oyaAlerts only works when the people who can actually show up are part of it. We are not announcing partnerships - we are explaining who the network needs, and inviting them in.

First eyes and hands on the ground in any neighbourhood.

Needed

Trusted circles who must know first, with full context.

Needed

Security teams and gated community coverage layers.

Needed

Duty of care for students, staff, and visitors.

Needed

Drivers and vehicles already moving across the city.

Needed

Trained, verified, response-ready professionals.

Needed

Hospitals, agencies, and public services as the wider net.

Needed

04 - Why joining matters

Your signup helps us decide where to launch first.

  • 01

    Waitlist demand tells us where coordinated response is needed most.

  • 02

    It defines the first launch communities, estates, and campuses.

  • 03

    It guides our outreach to responders, operators, and medical teams.

  • 04

    It builds the density required for reliable response before day one.

Three layers of protection

Your safety network runs deep

Community layer

  • -> Nearby verified responders
  • -> Neighbourhood safety groups
  • -> Community watch integration

Professional layer

  • -> Security companies
  • -> Medical responders
  • -> Private rescue teams
  • -> Emergency dispatch partners

Technology layer

  • -> AI-powered threat detection
  • -> Smart escalation rules
  • -> Predictive risk alerts
  • -> Live location intelligence
05 - Join the movement / Launch updates

Because emergencies do not wait and neither should help.

Be among the first to receive safety content, product PR, pilot notifications, and early access as Oya Alerts moves from waitlist into community rollout.

✓NIN-verified network
✓End-to-end encrypted
✓Free for 4 Weeks
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Careers

Help build Nigeria's safety movement.

Oya Alerts is looking for operators who can move fast across content, go-to-market, partnerships, and project delivery as we shift from waitlist into public safety awareness, product PR, and community rollout.

3 open rolesWomen are strongly encouraged to apply

Social Media Manager

NGN 100,000 / month

Part-time / content and community

Own the public voice of Oya Alerts across social platforms and safety education.

  • Plan and publish daily public-safety content across TikTok, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and WhatsApp.
  • Turn emergency education, CSR, safety standards, and community-safety ideas into posts, reels, scripts, captions, carousels, and short campaigns.
  • Coordinate creator outreach, community stories, safety campaigns, launch updates, and product PR without fear-based or divisive messaging.
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GTM Manager

NGN 200,000 / month

Growth / partnerships / field activation

Drive adoption across communities, estates, campuses, fleets, responders, and CSR partners.

  • Build and manage go-to-market campaigns for launch updates, product PR, safety awareness, and community rollout.
  • Develop pipelines for estates, campuses, fleets, agencies, businesses, creators, responders, and CSR sponsors.
  • Coordinate social, WhatsApp, community, and field activation loops that convert awareness into signups and pilot conversations.
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Project Manager

NGN 250,000 / month

Operations / delivery / coordination

Keep product, content, legal, operations, and partner work moving with clear ownership.

  • Manage timelines, task owners, weekly priorities, and execution follow-through across the Oya Alerts rollout.
  • Coordinate content, PR, product updates, pilot planning, community activities, legal pages, careers, and stakeholder requests.
  • Maintain trackers for launch assets, partnerships, vacancies, product feedback, risks, blockers, and open decisions.
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06 - Questions Before you join

Answers to the hardest questions before we ship.

When will oyaAlerts launch?+

We are rolling out city by city based on waitlist density. The communities with the most early signups go live first, that is exactly what your signup helps decide.

Why does joining early matter?+

Emergency response is a density problem. Waitlist signal tells us where to concentrate responder and operator outreach so that coverage is real, not theoretical, on launch day.

How is my privacy protected?+

Your location and details are only shared when you actively trigger a signal, and only with the people in your trusted circle and the verified responders closest to you. Nothing is broadcast in the background.

How reliable will response be?+

oyaAlerts is a coordination layer, not a promise of perfect response. Reliability grows as residents, responders, and operators join. We launch in a community only once the network is dense enough to be useful.

Which areas will be covered first?+

Initial focus is on the highest-density waitlist clusters across Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, expanding outward as community and responder participation grows.

Who exactly will respond?+

Every responder in the community is NIN-verified and some specially trained with extra layer of verification done. When you press SOS, the nearest verified community responders and registered neighbours are notified instantly - alongside any professional security partners in your plan.

What if there are fake responders?+

Every responder passes NIN verification, background checks, and first-aid certification before activation. A reputation system and abuse penalties keep the network clean.

Why pay monthly if emergencies are rare?+

oyaAlerts delivers daily value: safe route recommendations, area security alerts, family check-ins, welfare pings, and road incident notifications. You pay for continuous protection, not just rare events.

Are you tracking me all the time?+

No. Location is only shared when you actively trigger an SOS or opt into family check-in. Your data is end-to-end encrypted and never sold. You control everything.

How fast will help actually arrive?+

Urban target: community responder acknowledgement within 3 minutes, arrival within 7. We publish our SLAs publicly and never overpromise. Response stats are shown live in the app.

What if nobody in my area uses it yet?+

We launch community-first: one street, one estate, one campus, one neighbourhood at a time, until coverage is dense enough to guarantee a response. Your waitlist position reserves your city slot.

Building Nigeria's safety movement

No one should face

alone.

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