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Secure Messaging

Your messages. Only yours.

Direct, person-to-person messages on baobab are end-to-end encrypted — and messaging works through contact numbers, like WhatsApp. You can only message people whose number you already have.
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End-to-end encrypted

Landed in Nairobi! Dinner tonight?

Yes!! Westlands at 7?

Perfect. Sending you the pin šŸ“

See you there šŸ™Œ

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End-to-end encrypted

Messages are encrypted on your device and can only be decrypted by the person you sent them to.

On by default

Every one-to-one conversation is protected. No toggles, no opt-in.

Contact-number based

Like WhatsApp, messaging uses contact number identification — you can only message people whose number you have. No strangers in your inbox.

Across cities

Message friends and family wherever they are, not only nearby.

Not for advertisers

Your private conversations are never used to profile you for ads.

Secure infrastructure

Built on Google Cloud and Firebase with security considered throughout.

Your people are already talking.

Join the conversation in your city and the places you care about. Free to join, free to post locally.

Available only on Android in South Africa, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Benin. Coming soon to Argentina.