Two young Nigerians , Damilola Bidemi David and Raji Rufai has launched a new social media app known as ‘Student Connect Nigeria’.

Student Connect Nigeria, a social media messaging app, developed by Nigerian developers, is set to take over Facebook, Twitter and others.

According to Mr Raji, the App Chief Operating Officer, the social media app was launched on November 22, 2020.

Student Connect Nigeria is an indigenous messaging application, which enables users to chat, make audio and video calls, watch video reels, solicit for funds online(Gofundme), unrestricted numbers of group chats as well shop for affordable and genuine products.

He further stated that Student Connect Nigeria is a social media application that enables people to connect to each other in communities, share videos and audios, stickers and files, blogging and also grow business. There is a feature that enables two or more people to share third party videos while make video calls and watch the same video simultaneously.

Recently the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), put mobile subscriptions as at June at 163 million, which have heavily relied on foreign messaging app that serve no local content as it were, Student Connect Nigeria is positioned to bridge that gap.

Mr Raji, said there is no doubt that Nigerians are hungry for a new technology and need something different that can be called our “own”.

“We are not in for revenue purposes, we are in it to solve a bigger problem and create employment in the country.”

According to him, every Nigerians are embodiment of possibilities, potentialities as it were, “for Nigeria to be what we want it to be, Nigerians must come out to figuring how to solve our problems, we must invest in our people, equip them to contribute productively and creatively.

The App is safe because more authentication has been put in place to protect end to end encryption of private chat between users,
He stated that the app is built in a way to protect users’ information and privacy, as data security is our priority

“We have the admin panel for the team use. They can see any post and other things but cannot see the chat conversations. We can delete videos, pictures if there is a report and accounts can also be deleted.

“Also, users’ pages can also be modified. Misinformation, fake news can be handled and taken down when users report issues and we confirm it as fake. Same goes for gory contents”, Mr Raji said.

“We do so much than messaging, we want to empower and improve on the way messaging is done today, by giving access to users to shop, while chatting and talking at the same time.

Mr Raji noted that every Nigerian is qualified for original product. “Whether you’re looking for a quality brand new or used phone, the longest battery life or accessories, there’s always something for you on Student Connect Nigeria, the first Nigeria’s Messaging app which enables users to not just chat but shop for quality controlled products and services that you can trust.”

He said, Student Connect Nigeria has tremendous potential for growth and also passionate to creating high paying jobs and growing the nation’s technology sector, so for investors, developers and citizens that is looking at becoming part of a growing startup, they can get across to us.”


“Many countries in the world, particularly in Asia, have managed to put their apps together, notably the Japanese, the Chinese, the Koreans and Indians.

“Our desire to contribute to the society tapping from the priceless experiences we have acquired over all these years in school, have started bearing fruits, starting with the unveiling of this ‘Student Connect Nigeria’ App”

“Africa must be developed by Africans, in collaboration with the international community,’’ he said.

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