🇬🇭 This is what WAYA looks like

The WAYA app.

A first look at the screens shipping with WAYA's MVP. Voice-first messaging built for African networks — from the inside.

9:41 WAYA ●●●
WAYA
VOICE FIRST · MADE IN ACCRA
1. Splash
The first thing you see when you open WAYA — the wordmark + a quiet audio pulse.
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⋯ 📷 +
Chats
🔍 Ask WAYA AI or Search
All Unread 12 Favorites Groups 4
🗂 Archived 2
AK
Auntie Akua
✓✓🎙Voice message (0:42)
now
2
M
Mum 🤍
Call me when you land 🛬
5:06 AM
1
KD
Kofi (Drummer)
✓✓🎙Voice message (1:08)
4:05 AM
📌
SQ
Shatta Squad 🇬🇭
Esi: Akwaaba boss! Tour soon?
3:33 AM
7
EM
Esi (Manager)
Spotify numbers are up 📈
3:26 AM
YO
Yaw (Cousin)
📞Missed call
1:42 AM
◎Updates
3📞Calls
👥Communities
12💬Chats
👤You
2. Chats — familiar, instantly
All your people. Voice notes called out, ✓✓ read receipts, swipe to archive. Built so anyone who's used WhatsApp feels at home from second one.
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AK
Auntie Akua
online
📞
Akwaaba 🤍 are you eating well?
▶ 0:42
Yes Auntie 😅 jollof tonight!
▶ 0:14
Message
🎙
3. Conversation
Mixed text + voice. Encrypted bubbles, tap to play, hold mic to record.
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Auntie Akua
🎙
0:08
Speak naturally. WAYA compresses to ~60 KB per 30 sec.
✕
▶
4. Voice Recording
Hold the mic, see the waveform alive, release to send. Tiny files.
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INCOMING WAYA CALL
M
Mum 🤍
📶 2G adaptive — clear
Ringing… 0:08
✕
📞
5. Incoming Call
A call from mum, even on 2G. The signal indicator shows the codec adapting.
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CONNECTED · ENCRYPTED
M
Mum 🤍
02:34
SIGNAL · OPUS 16K
🔇
🔊
📞
⏸
6. Voice Call
In-call screen. Adaptive Opus bitrate. End-to-end encrypted. Survives bad networks.
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WAYA PLUS

Go further with Plus.

✓HD voice notes (32 kbps Opus)
✓Groups up to 250 people
✓Permanent voice-note retention
✓4 devices · 1 GB uploads
✓HD calls + noise suppression
✓Early access to Creator features
Monthly
GHS 15
/ month
BEST
Annual
GHS 90
/ year · 50% off
Subscribe — GHS 90 / year
MTN MoMo Vodafone Visa/MC
7. WAYA Plus
$1/mo paywall — MoMo, cards, all the rails. The business model that funds WAYA.
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CM
Charles Mensah
+233 24 871 6572
WAYA PLUS
FOUNDER ✦
142
Chats
1,205
Voice Notes
38
Calls (7d)
Low-data mode 🟢
Privacy ›
Help & support ›
Chats
Calls
Me
8. Profile
Your WAYA identity — Plus + Founder badges, your stats, your controls.
9:41WAYA📶❌
NO NETWORK · 3 MESSAGES WAITING · SMS READY
Outbox
Auto-sends the moment signal returns. SMS fallback for urgent.
M
Mum 🤍
🎙 Voice note · 0:32
⏳ QUEUED
AK
Auntie Akua
Coming home Friday 🇬🇭
✉️ SMS
KD
Kofi (Drummer)
🎙 Voice note · 1:14
⏳ QUEUED
Send Auntie's now via SMS →
Uses your SIM's SMS bundle. Mum & Kofi will get the voice notes the second WAYA reconnects.
9. Offline · Outbox
No signal? No problem. Voice notes wait safely on your phone and ship the second the network's back. Urgent texts go through as SMS via your SIM.

Want to be the first to use it?

The wait list is open. Voice calls + voice notes + messaging. End-to-end encrypted. Made in Accra.

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