Ayoba is an all-in-one app that offers free instant messaging, voice and video calling, games, music, news, entertainment, sports, fashion, beauty, food and other content.
What’s different about ayoba?
You can chat with your friends and family or call anyone regardless of whether they have the ayoba app or not - they will get the message by SMS.
Our instant messaging app is free to use - allowing you to securely send and receive text messages, voice messages, videos, images, audio, and other files with any of your contacts using your mobile internet connection (data).
ayoba celebrates the diversity of Africa by providing a world-class application available in more than 22 local languages!
Always keeping you in the know - ayoba allows you to subscribe for free to channels where you can read articles from fashion, sports, music, education to trending news. Keep yourself entertained with our latest music playlists and our interactive games.
In certain territories you can also use MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) to send and receive money or transfer money in a safe and secure way - all while never leaving the ayoba app!
The success of ayoba has been recognised across the continent as ayoba is proud to be named Mobile App of the year 2020 in the Africa Digital Festival 2020. As an app that prides itself on digital innovation - it is an honour to be recognised as the mobile instant messaging app of choice for Africans.
For more - you can read about the Africa Digital Awards here: https://africadigitalawards.com/
Instant free messaging: Enjoy free instant messaging [Valid in selected territories]
Free data for MTN customers: Limited free data is offered every day in certain territories.
Text and voice messaging: Instant and free to all your contacts.
Voice and video calling: Chat to your contacts via voice or video all in the app.
Secure Messaging: End-to-end encryption means that messages in a conversation cannot be read by anyone else.
22 languages: Experience ayoba in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, French, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Hausa, Afrikaans, Igbo, Jula, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Pidin [Cameroon], Pidgin [Nigeria], Portguese, Sesotho, Setswana, Swahili, Twi, and Yoruba.
Chat with everyone: Send messages to anyone in your contact list, whether they've installed ayoba or not. If they don’t have the ayoba app installed - they will receive the message via SMS.
Group Chat: The more the merrier! Set up group chats to easily communicate with friends and family in a single chat.
Sharing is Caring: Share videos, images, audio, and other files with your contacts.
Listen to Music: 200 trending songs per week in our playlists including afrobeat, gqom, amapiano, hiplife & other unique African music genres.
Play Games: 150 free games for your gaming pleasure.
Read the News: Browse our channels to find articles about all your favourite topics like sport, fashion& beauty, music, celebrities, food, education, current affairs and more.
MTN Momo: Make and receive payments via MTN Mobile Money in certain territories
Features list:
Status: Set your status for all your contacts to view. (like stories on Instagram or WhatsApp)
Customised avatar and about you section
Text chat between ayoba and non ayoba users
P2P messaging and group texts
SMS continuity for non ayoba app users
Voice notes and multimedia sharing in chat
Video and voice calling
Block unwanted users
Mute channels and users
Create your own groups
Browse channels listed by categories
Sharing inside of ayoba and in other apps
Music player for MusicTime playlists
Access to local and international music
Full screen mode
Games for everyone
Money transfers on P2P chats only on enabled countries
Full records of transaction history
Report inappropriate content
Virtual assistance Aya(Onboarding helper)
Download ayoba and start chatting now
Help: support@ayoba.me
Facebook: Ayoba Instant Messaging
Twitter: ayoba_me
Instagram: ayoba_messaging
What’s different about ayoba?
You can chat with your friends and family or call anyone regardless of whether they have the ayoba app or not - they will get the message by SMS.
Our instant messaging app is free to use - allowing you to securely send and receive text messages, voice messages, videos, images, audio, and other files with any of your contacts using your mobile internet connection (data).
ayoba celebrates the diversity of Africa by providing a world-class application available in more than 22 local languages!
Always keeping you in the know - ayoba allows you to subscribe for free to channels where you can read articles from fashion, sports, music, education to trending news. Keep yourself entertained with our latest music playlists and our interactive games.
In certain territories you can also use MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) to send and receive money or transfer money in a safe and secure way - all while never leaving the ayoba app!
The success of ayoba has been recognised across the continent as ayoba is proud to be named Mobile App of the year 2020 in the Africa Digital Festival 2020. As an app that prides itself on digital innovation - it is an honour to be recognised as the mobile instant messaging app of choice for Africans.
For more - you can read about the Africa Digital Awards here: https://africadigitalawards.com/
Instant free messaging: Enjoy free instant messaging [Valid in selected territories]
Free data for MTN customers: Limited free data is offered every day in certain territories.
Text and voice messaging: Instant and free to all your contacts.
Voice and video calling: Chat to your contacts via voice or video all in the app.
Secure Messaging: End-to-end encryption means that messages in a conversation cannot be read by anyone else.
22 languages: Experience ayoba in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, French, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Hausa, Afrikaans, Igbo, Jula, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Pidin [Cameroon], Pidgin [Nigeria], Portguese, Sesotho, Setswana, Swahili, Twi, and Yoruba.
Chat with everyone: Send messages to anyone in your contact list, whether they've installed ayoba or not. If they don’t have the ayoba app installed - they will receive the message via SMS.
Group Chat: The more the merrier! Set up group chats to easily communicate with friends and family in a single chat.
Sharing is Caring: Share videos, images, audio, and other files with your contacts.
Listen to Music: 200 trending songs per week in our playlists including afrobeat, gqom, amapiano, hiplife & other unique African music genres.
Play Games: 150 free games for your gaming pleasure.
Read the News: Browse our channels to find articles about all your favourite topics like sport, fashion& beauty, music, celebrities, food, education, current affairs and more.
MTN Momo: Make and receive payments via MTN Mobile Money in certain territories
Features list:
Status: Set your status for all your contacts to view. (like stories on Instagram or WhatsApp)
Customised avatar and about you section
Text chat between ayoba and non ayoba users
P2P messaging and group texts
SMS continuity for non ayoba app users
Voice notes and multimedia sharing in chat
Video and voice calling
Block unwanted users
Mute channels and users
Create your own groups
Browse channels listed by categories
Sharing inside of ayoba and in other apps
Music player for MusicTime playlists
Access to local and international music
Full screen mode
Games for everyone
Money transfers on P2P chats only on enabled countries
Full records of transaction history
Report inappropriate content
Virtual assistance Aya(Onboarding helper)
Download ayoba and start chatting now
Help: support@ayoba.me
Facebook: Ayoba Instant Messaging
Twitter: ayoba_me
Instagram: ayoba_messaging
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