The questions we hear most.

Oyeba is a shared space to follow a remote project, steps, photo/video proofs, messaging, designed for the African diaspora and their people on the ground.

"Oyeba" means "you know" in several West African languages. That's exactly what the product promises: knowing where your project stands, without guessing.

For anyone in the diaspora funding or running a project back home, house, wedding, family business, studies, funerals, and for their collaborators on the ground. Everyone gains clarity.

No. WhatsApp is still great for chatting. Oyeba covers what WhatsApp does poorly: finding a photo from last year, knowing who validated what, seeing where the project stands at a glance.

In 30 seconds. You pick a template (house, wedding, business, studies, funerals, or blank), name the project, and add your steps. The coordinator on the ground is invited by email.

As many as you want. Many diaspora members track several projects in parallel: the house, a relative's studies, the family business. Each project has its own team and steps.

Coordinators and contributors: the people who are on the ground. Owners and editors can also post, but in practice they rarely do.

Photos (JPG, PNG, HEIC), videos (MP4, MOV, up to 100 MB per file), audio (M4A, MP3) and PDF. Up to 10 files per proof.

Yes. Oyeba is designed mobile-first. The web app works on any recent smartphone. A native iOS/Android app is planned after public launch.

On servers hosted in Europe (Paris, France), operated by a GDPR-compliant partner. No data is stored outside the European Union.

Yes. Everything you post is only visible to the invited members of the project. No one else at Oyeba can view your proofs or messages.

Your personal data is deleted within 30 days. If you owned a project, you transfer ownership to another member before deletion; otherwise the project is archived then deleted.

The app is optimized for slow connections. Uploads can be paused and resume automatically. Proofs stay queued until the network is available.

At launch, the interface is available in French and English. Lingala, Wolof, Yoruba and Kiswahili are being translated by native speakers.

You invite him by email or by link. He doesn't need to create an account first: he clicks, posts a photo, that's it. The interface is deliberately minimal for someone who doesn't normally use apps.

For now an email is required for the invitation. Once invited, the member can sign in by phone number if that's easier for them.

A proof with 3 photos weighs about 1.5 MB on average (photos are compressed before sending). A typical day of use consumes less than a 10-minute WhatsApp video call.

Yes. You take the photo, type the comment, tap "Publish". The proof goes out as soon as the network is available.

No. Oyeba is not a matchmaking platform. It's a tool you use for the project of the diaspora member who invited you.

Public launch is planned for late 2026. Early signups on the waitlist get early access from summer 2026, in waves.

There will always be a free plan, enough for a first project. Paid plans will exist to manage several projects, more storage, more collaborators, announced at launch.