Critical alerts, live
The red banner only shows what’s actually active right now, pulled straight from Okoa’s alert feed as it updates.
Critical · sample
Flash flood warningKilimani, Nairobi · 4 min agoOkoa · Kiswahili for “rescue”
Know what’s ahead before you’re in it.
Okoa.ai delivers real-time emergency alerts, critical warnings, community reports and one-tap emergency contacts — shared by people across Kenya. Stay informed before every journey.
Live safety alertsCommunity reportsBuilt for Kenya
CriticalKilimani · 4 min
Report verified12 confirmations
1 tapcall Red Cross
Why Okoa exists
Built to answer one question: what’s happening near me, right now?
Every alert is timestamped and scoped — nothing lingers past its relevance. Kenya’s community-powered safety network, in your pocket.
24hAuto-archive window
1Tap to call for help
LiveMap & community reports
What it does
Everything you need in a moment that matters.
Live alerts, a self-cleaning archive and emergency numbers that are one tap away — not buried three menus deep.
Real-time alerts
Get notified as emergencies and safety updates happen nearby — not hours later.
Road closure — Mombasa Rd38 min
Diversion in effect — Waiyaki Way3 hr
24-hour archive
Alerts older than a day move themselves out of the way.
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One-tap contacts
Red Cross, Police, NDOC. Tap, and your phone dials.
Live map
See exactly where alerts and reports are happening, on an OpenStreetMap-powered view of your area.
Community reports
See something? Report it, and let others confirm it.
Stalled vehicle blocking laneThika Rd · 1 hr ago
Getting started
Installed in under a minute.
Okoa.ai is distributed directly, outside the Play Store, so Android will ask you to confirm the install once.
01
Download the APK
Tap the download button on your Android phone.
02
Allow this source
Android will ask to allow installs from this source — tap Allow, then Install.
03
Open Okoa.ai
Launch the app from your home screen once install finishes.
04
Allow location
Grant location access so alerts and the map are relevant to where you are.
Powered in real time by
Okoa APIAlerts, reports & news
OpenStreetMapLive map tiles
ReliefWebHumanitarian news feed
Stay ahead of what’s coming.
Free to download. Takes under a minute to install.
Download Okoa.ai for AndroidOkoa / Features
Six tools. One clear picture.
Okoa.ai is built around a single idea: show only what’s relevant to you, right now, and make the next step obvious.
01 / CRITICAL
Critical alerts, live.
The red banner only shows what’s actually active right now, pulled straight from Okoa’s alert feed as it updates. When something serious happens near you, it’s the first thing you see.
- Only active, current alerts reach the banner
- Color, icon and label together, never color alone
- Scoped to place and time
Critical · sample
Flash flood warning — Kilimani4 min ago · NairobiRoad closure — Mombasa Rd38 min
Community report verified1 hr
02 / REAL-TIME
Real-time alerts, not old news.
Get notified as emergencies and safety updates happen nearby — not hours later. Every alert carries a timestamp and a place so you can judge relevance at a glance.
- Emergency and safety updates as they happen
- Humanitarian news feed via ReliefWeb
- Timestamped, scoped, nothing vague
Flash flood warning4 min
Road closure — Mombasa Rd38 min
Stalled vehicle — Thika Rd1 hr
Heavy rain advisory1.5 hr
03 / ARCHIVE
A feed that cleans itself.
Alerts older than a day move themselves into an archive, so the active view never gets cluttered with stale news. What you see active is always what’s current.
- 24-hour auto-archive window
- Archived alerts stay one tap away
- Zero manual clean-up
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04 / CONTACTS
Help is one tap away.
Red Cross, Police, NDOC — saved right in the app. Tap a number and your phone dials it. No copy-pasting, no searching in a panic.
- Numbers saved in the app
- Tap to dial
- Big, obvious targets
05 / MAP
See it where it happens.
See exactly where alerts and reports are happening, on an OpenStreetMap-powered view of your area. Grant location access and the map centres on you.
- OpenStreetMap-powered live map
- Alerts and reports pinned in place
- Relevant to where you are
06 / COMMUNITY
Safety, from the people around you.
See something? Report it, and let others confirm and verify it. Information from the people who are actually there is the fastest signal there is.
- Report what you see
- Others confirm to verify
- Verified reports are flagged
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Someone reports itA stalled vehicle on Thika Rd.
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Others confirmPeople nearby tap Confirm.
VerifiedThe report is flagged for everyone.
Stay ahead of what’s coming.
Free to download. Takes under a minute to install.
Download Okoa.ai for AndroidOkoa / Live feed
Watch the feed clean itself.
A hands-on demo of how Okoa behaves. Filter alerts, confirm a report, then drag time forward and watch anything older than 24 hours move into the archive.
Active
Archive
Get the real feed.
The live app shows real alerts from the Okoa API, near you, as they happen.
Download Okoa.ai for AndroidOkoa / Install
Installed in under a minute.
Okoa.ai is distributed directly, outside the Play Store, so Android will ask you to confirm the install once. Here’s exactly what to expect.
01
Download the APK
Open this page on your Android phone and tap the download button.
02
Allow this source
Android will ask to allow installs from this source. Tap Allow, then Install.
03
Open Okoa.ai
Launch the app from your home screen once the install finishes.
04
Allow location
Grant location access so alerts and the map are relevant to where you are.
Download Okoa.ai for Androidv1.7.1 · Android APK · free
Questions
Good things to know.
Why isn’t Okoa.ai on the Play Store?
Okoa.ai is distributed directly as an APK, outside the Play Store. That is why Android asks you to allow installs from this source once, during install.
Is it free?
Yes. Okoa.ai is free to download.
Why does it ask for my location?
Location access lets Okoa show alerts and a map that are relevant to where you actually are, instead of a generic national feed.
What happens to old alerts?
Alerts older than 24 hours move into an archive automatically, so the active view only shows what is current.
How do I call for help from the app?
Emergency contacts, including Red Cross, Police and NDOC, are saved in the app. Tap a number and your phone dials it.
Where does the data come from?
Alerts, reports and news come from the Okoa API. The map uses OpenStreetMap, and the humanitarian news feed comes from ReliefWeb.
Okoa / Emergency
In danger? Call now.
Tap a number to dial from your phone. Okoa.ai keeps these saved in the app so you never have to search for them.
Police & general emergency999Tap to call
Emergency · mobile112Works from any mobile network
Kenya Red Cross1199Toll-free emergency line
Childline Kenya116Help for children in need
GBV helpline1195Support for gender-based violence
NDOCNational Disaster Operation CentreSaved in the Okoa.ai app.
Okoa.ai does not replace emergency services. In an emergency, call first. Numbers can change, so confirm them with official sources.
Before you need them
Three habits that help in a crisis.
Save the numbers
Keep 999, 112 and 1199 in your phone contacts, and add the ones your family relies on.
Know where you are
Emergency operators ask for your location first. Allow location in Okoa so the map always knows.
Tell someone
Share alerts with people travelling the same route. A warning is only useful if it reaches them.
Stay ahead of what’s coming.
Alerts before you’re in it. Contacts when you need them.
Download Okoa.ai for AndroidOkoa / About
Kenya’s community-powered safety network.
Okoa is Kiswahili for “rescue”. The app helps people across Kenya make safer decisions with real-time alerts, verified community reports and emergency contacts that are always one tap away.
What we believe
Four rules we design by.
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Fresh or nothing
Every alert is timestamped and scoped. Anything older than 24 hours moves to the archive, so what’s active is always current, never stale.
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People are the sensors
The fastest safety information comes from people who are there. Anyone can report; others confirm; verified reports are flagged.
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One tap to help
Red Cross, Police and NDOC live in the app and dial on tap. In a crisis, nobody should have to hunt for a number.
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Nothing hidden
We say where information comes from, why we ask for location, and why the app is installed as an APK rather than from the Play Store.
Under the hood
Where the information comes from.
Okoa API
Alerts, community reports and news, delivered in real time.
OpenStreetMap
The live map tiles behind the alerts and reports view.
ReliefWeb
A humanitarian news feed for the wider picture.
Stay ahead of what’s coming.
Free to download. Takes under a minute to install.
Download Okoa.ai for AndroidOkoa / Privacy
Plain-language privacy.
What the app asks for, why it asks, and which services are involved.
Location
Okoa.ai asks for location access so that the alerts and map you see are relevant to where you are. You can decide whether to allow it when the app asks.
Community reports
Reports are shared with other people using Okoa.ai so they can be confirmed and verified. Only submit what you are comfortable sharing with the community.
Services behind the app
- Okoa API provides alerts, reports and news.
- OpenStreetMap provides the map tiles.
- ReliefWeb provides the humanitarian news feed.
How the app is distributed
Okoa.ai is distributed directly as an Android APK rather than through the Play Store. Only install it from the download link on this site.
Questions
This page is a plain-language summary. For anything specific, see the About page or FAQ.