Onyi - Live. Give. Track
The cloud-based church management platform purpose-built for Africa's churches. By Samson Nnah.
Churches Are Running 21st-Century Missions on 20th-Century Tools
Fragmented Records
Leaders can't see who is drifting away. Attrition goes undetected until it's too late.
Manual Attendance
Data is lost, patterns are invisible, and nothing is auditable. No accountability.
Opaque Financial Giving
Donations are untraceable, accountability is impossible, and trust erodes.
No Analytics
Leaders make critical decisions in the dark — no data, no insight, no direction.
WhatsApp Comms
Birthdays missed, pastoral care lost, and no structured follow-up system.
Multi-Branch Chaos
No consolidated view across sites. Every branch operates as an isolated island.
One Platform. Every Operation. Total Visibility.
ONYI unifies everything a church needs into a single mobile-first Progressive Web Application.
Member CRM
Profiles, visitors, and active status tracking.
Attendance
GPS geofenced QR check-ins for events.
Finance
Paystack, Flutterwave, and PayPal giving rails.
Comms
Automated SMS & WhatsApp notification rails.
Built Around How African Churches Actually Operate
- GPS Geofencing: Haversine-formula verification within configurable radius.
- QR + Hybrid Sessions: Track in-person and online attendees simultaneously.
- 8-Level Role-Based Access: Super Admin down to Cell Members.
- PWA-First Architecture: Offline-capable, installable on any device.
No Western Tool Was Built for African Church Structures
Western platforms miss local church configurations, offline networks, regional payment APIs, and SMS communication cultures.
| Feature | Planning Center | Tithe.ly | Breeze | ONYI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-tenant hierarchy (Group → Cell) | No | No | No | Yes |
| GPS-geofenced attendance | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multi-currency giving (Paystack, Flutterwave, PayPal) | No | Partial | No | Yes |
| SMS & WhatsApp notification system | No | No | No | Yes |
| PWA offline + push notifications | No | Partial | No | Yes |
A $2.1B+ Market With No Dominant Platform
Projected by 2030 (Strategic Market Research)
Fastest-growing Christian population worldwide
Strong expansion of digital administration adoption (Strategic Market Research)
Freemium-to-Paid Subscription SaaS
Starter
Under 200 members. Core CRM, basic attendance and giving.
Growth
200-1,000 members. Adds Analytics, pledges, and automated SMS system.
Ministry
1,000+ members, multi-site. Adds Full hierarchy and advanced reporting.
Enterprise
Denominations. White-label setups, dedicated hosting, API configurations.
Additional revenue: SMS credit margins, white-label setup fees, implementation services.
Fully Built. Ready for Pilot Onboarding.
Phase by Phase to Pan-African Scale
COMPLETE. Core MVP, CRM, tracking, messaging, and multi-tenant setup.
Q3-Q4 2026. Onboard 3-10 Abuja pilot churches. Gateways & native app wraps.
2027. Multi-language (Yoruba, Swahili, French). Open API, denominational partnerships.
2028+. Global directory. Built-in financial systems for major projects.
Technically Led. Mission Driven. Fully Committed.
Samson Nnah — Founder & Tech
Full-stack developer, Laravel/PWA specialist. Domain expert in nested church administrative configurations. Sole architect and developer of ONYI.
Co-Founder — Operations
Responsible for community outreach, administrative pilot onboarding, and strategic partner relations in Nigeria's faith-based network.
Technology as Excellent as the Mission
ONYI is built to align directly with Sustainable Development Goals, delivering digital transparency to local church administrations.
iHatch Program Goals:
- • Product refinement with church admins
- • Scaling local community onboarding
- • Building early seed investment relationships