Last updated 30 October 2026 · Ojawa.app, Lagos, Nigeria
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Ojawa.app (“Ojawa,” “we,” “us”), a peer-to-peer marketplace for buyers and sellers in Lagos and across Nigeria.
Ojawa.app is operated by OJAWA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (RC 9526897), a private company limited by shares incorporated in Nigeria, with its registered office at Units 55, Banuso Shopping Complex, Ereja, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria.
By creating an account, browsing listings, or using any part of the service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, which are incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, do not use Ojawa.
Ojawa is a listings and matchmaking platform. We help buyers and sellers find each other, agree on a price, and verify a safe handover — we are not a party to any sale between a buyer and seller, and we do not buy, sell, own, inspect, or take possession of any item listed on the platform.
Ojawa never holds your money. Trades are conducted in person, and payment for the item itself (cash, transfer, or however the two of you agree) passes directly between buyer and seller — Ojawa is not an escrow service and does not process, custody, or guarantee that payment. The only payments Ojawa itself processes (via Paystack) are for optional platform features: listing boosts, advertising campaigns, and the after-sale boost fee described in Section 7.
The Deal Code is a mutual verification step, not a payment or escrow mechanism: once a buyer and seller agree a price, each side receives a one-time code, and both codes must be entered by both parties — in person, after inspecting the item — before a deal is marked confirmed. It exists to give both sides confidence they met the right person and completed the handover; it does not verify the condition of goods or guarantee either party fulfilled their side honestly.
You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract under Nigerian law to use Ojawa.
You may sign up with a phone number (verified by a one-time code over WhatsApp or SMS), an email and password, or Google sign-in. You agree to:
Optional identity verification (“Verified Trader” badges) is on our roadmap and not yet required to use Ojawa; where we do offer it, it will be voluntary unless stated otherwise for a specific feature, and we will update our Privacy Policy before collecting any additional identity information.
Creating an account only ever makes you a buyer. To list items for sale, you must apply to become a seller — tell us about your store, what you plan to sell, and (optionally, to speed up review) your identity — and be approved by our team. We may decline an application, or later suspend selling access, at our discretion.
As an approved seller, you are solely responsible for what you list. You represent and warrant that:
Every listing goes through an automated quality check before it can go live, and may be reviewed, flagged, or removed by moderators at any time — including in response to a user report — without prior notice, if we believe it violates these Terms, our Community Guidelines, or the law.
When a buyer and seller agree on a price (directly, or by accepting an offer in chat), Ojawa opens a deal record and issues each party a private code. To complete the deal:
Never share your code before you have met the other party and inspected the item. Sharing a code early is the principal way users are defrauded, and doing so is at your own risk.
Codes expire 48 hours after a deal is agreed, and once one side enters a code, the other side has 30 minutes to enter theirs before that attempt lapses and must be redone. Five wrong code entries lock that side out for an hour. A deal only becomes “Confirmed” once both sides have independently verified — neither party can complete a deal alone.
Ojawa is not responsible for a buyer or seller who fails to show up, misrepresents an item, or does not pay as agreed. If something goes wrong, use the in-app report tools; our support team can review a dispute and, in limited cases, manually resolve a stuck deal record, but we cannot recover cash already exchanged in person and are not a party to that transaction.
Some listings run as timed auctions. A bid is a binding offer to buy at that price if you win. You may not retract a bid once placed. Bidding on your own listing is not allowed. A bid placed in the final minutes of an auction extends the closing time to give other bidders a fair chance to respond.
When an auction ends, the highest bidder and the seller are connected to complete the Deal Code handshake at the winning price, under the same terms as Section 5. If a winning bidder does not follow through, we may suspend their bidding privileges.
Browsing, listing, buying, and selling on Ojawa is free. We charge for optional promotional features — listing boosts and advertising campaigns — processed securely through Paystack in Nigerian Naira (₦). We never see or store your card details; Paystack handles that directly.
A boost or advertising placement purchases increased visibility for a stated period. It does not guarantee views, enquiries, offers, sales, or any other outcome.
A boost may be purchased “pay after sale”: the fee is charged only once the related listing’s deal is confirmed via Deal Code. Boost and advertising fees are non-refundable once a boost or campaign has gone live, except where required by law.
Prices are stated in Naira and are inclusive of VAT where VAT applies. We may change our prices on reasonable notice; changes do not affect placements already purchased.
Buyers may leave one review per confirmed deal. Reviews must reflect a genuine transaction and your honest experience. Manipulating ratings — fake reviews, review-swapping, or pressuring a counterpart’s review — is prohibited and may result in the review being removed and the account actioned.
In addition to the item-specific rules in our Community Guidelines, you agree not to:
We rely on a combination of automated checks and human moderators to review reports and flagged content. Depending on severity, we may warn you, remove a listing or message, suspend messaging or bidding privileges, or permanently disable your account. Serious or repeated violations — fraud, safety threats, prohibited items — can result in immediate termination without warning.
We do not pre-screen all user content and are under no general obligation to monitor the platform. Our exercise of these rights does not create a duty to exercise them in any particular case.
“Ojawa,” our logo, and “Deal Code” are our trademarks. You keep ownership of the photos, descriptions, and messages you post, but you grant Ojawa a worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and distribute that content as part of operating the marketplace (for example, showing your listing in search results or a promotional banner).
This licence continues after a listing is removed only to the extent necessary for backups, records, legal compliance, and dispute resolution.
Ojawa is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee the accuracy of any listing, the conduct of any user, or that the platform will be uninterrupted or error-free.
We make no representation as to the existence, quality, safety, legality, authenticity, condition, or value of any item or service listed, nor as to the identity, honesty, capacity, or conduct of any user. Any dealings you have with another user are at your own risk.
The platform relies on third-party services including payment processors, messaging providers, and cloud infrastructure. We are not responsible for their acts, omissions, or failures, though we take reasonable care in selecting them.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under Nigerian law.
Subject to the paragraph above, we are not liable for loss of profit, revenue, business, opportunity, anticipated savings or goodwill; loss or corruption of data; or any indirect or consequential loss, however arising.
Subject to the same paragraph, we are not liable for any loss arising from a transaction between users, the acts or omissions of any user, the condition or non-delivery of any item, non-payment, any meeting between users including anything occurring at a meeting place, or any dispute between users.
Subject to the same paragraph, our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with these Terms and your use of the platform is limited to the greater of the fees you paid us in the TWELVE (12) months before the claim, or ₦50,000.
You acknowledge that these limitations reflect the fact that Ojawa is provided as a venue, that fees charged are modest and unrelated to transaction values, and that this allocation of risk is reasonable and reflected in our pricing.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Ojawa Technologies Limited, its directors, officers and employees from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or in connection with:
We will notify you of any claim to which this indemnity applies and will not settle it without your consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
You may stop using Ojawa and request account deletion at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms, our Community Guidelines, or the law, or if we reasonably believe your account poses a risk to other users or the platform.
Disputes between users over items, payment or conduct are between those users. We are not an adjudicator, but we provide in-app reporting, a record of the transaction and its confirmation history, a support channel at info@ojawa.app, and action against accounts found in breach.
If you have a dispute with Ojawa itself:
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Force majeure. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including power or internet failure, network outages, acts of government, civil unrest, industrial action, epidemic, fire or flood.
Severability. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or severed. The rest continues in force.
No waiver. Our failure or delay in enforcing any provision is not a waiver of it.
Assignment. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our written consent. We may assign ours, including in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.
Entire agreement. These Terms, with the Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, are the entire agreement between you and Ojawa in relation to the platform.
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we’ll update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you in-app. Continuing to use Ojawa after a change takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.
Questions about these Terms? Reach us at info@ojawa.app.
OJAWA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (RC 9526897).
