How To Send Free Text Messages And Chats In Nigeria With Ayoba
How To Send Free Text Messages And Chats In Nigeria With Ayoba
Do you know it's possible to send free sms in Nigeria?
Yes we can send free messages and chats in Nigeria, using an app called Ayoba.
So what is Ayoba?
Ayoba is a social app, that can be used to communicate among friends, colleagues, associates, business partners, etc.
Ayoba is much like WhatsApp or Telegram, but with an added advantage.
Just like WhatsApp and Telegram, Ayoba signs you up on the platform using your phone number; but the advantage Ayoba has over them is that even those that have no Ayoba on their phones, or those not registered on the platform can still receive your chats and messages in the form of sms.
Recently MTN announced that its instant messaging platform, Ayoba has reached 1 million monthly active users. Ayoba is an advanced communications application localised for African and Middle East consumer needs, under an independent Over the Top (OTT) brand with unique features for MTN customers. The app supports many local languages spoken across the MTN markets including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Pidgin, Yoruba, Swahili, Hausa, French and English.
MTN, together with its partners, is driven to improve access to affordable communications to ensure that people in its markets can reap the social, economic and developmental dividends of being online. Ayoba underscores this goal to bring more people into the digital world by providing them with affordable and simplified digital communication services.
Commenting on the milestone, MTN Group President and CEO, Rob Shuter said, “We believe that our customers in Africa and the Middle East deserve a communication platform that expresses our unique voice, honours our rich identity through local languages, and addresses our customers’ specific needs and challenges by offering a data-included offering for MTN users, Mobile Money transfers (coming soon) and locally relevant content via channels.”
The platform is now operational in 8 MTN markets, namely: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo Brazzaville, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Afghanistan and South Africa.
Some of Ayoba’s key features and offerings are:
- Local languages: Ayoba is available in the top local languages in the markets where the offering has launched.
- Chat now: Users can instantly send and receive text and voice messages with any of their contacts regardless of device type or network.
- Security: End-to-end encryption means that messages in a conversation cannot be read by anyone else.
- Chat with everyone: Users can send SMS text messages with anyone in their contact list, regardless of whether they’ve installed Ayoba or not.
- Channels: Users can subscribe to Channels for locally relevant content across various categories.
- Money transfers: Users will be able to make and receive payments via Mobile Money (coming soon).
What and what can you do with Ayoba? Learn how to use Ayoba below:
How To Use Ayoba
How to share the contact details of your contacts using Ayoba?
You can share the contact details of your contacts with Ayoba. This helps Ayoba recognize who your friends are, and suggest to you those who are on Ayoba.Similary, when Ayoba knows the contact details of your contacts, it helps the program tell you when your friends who were not on the platform initially, register; much more like Telegram.
To share the contact details of your contacts with Ayoba, use the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon, now you can select Contact, then simply tap on the contact you want to share.
Like any modern messaging app, Ayoba can also be used to send and share images. to share your favourite selfies and photos easily with Ayoba, use the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon, then select Gallery to select images from your library. You can also tap on Camera to take a photo and share it immediately.
Like Instagram, Facebook, and other social media, you can share your location on Ayoba. To share your location with your contacts, simply tap the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon and select Location.
You can send a short voice message to another Ayoba user by simply tapping the Microphone icon at the bottom right corner of your chat screen. You can also create a new chat message using the + (new chat icon) then tap the attachment icon and select Audio, then tap the Microphone icon to record your message.
To send any file or document, tap the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon then select File. Now browse your device, select the file and share it with your contacts.
Tap on the message you would like to view. To reply, simply tap in the compose bar at the bottom of the screen then type your reply and hit send.
You can forward messages, audio files, images and contacts by tapping and holding on the message you would like to forward, then tap the forward arrow at the top right-hand corner of your screen, then select the contact you would like to share the message with and hit send. Content will be marked as “Forwarded”. You will also receive a notification indicating that the message has been forwarded. Just much more like the forward facility on WhatsApp.
To delete a message, simply tap and hold on the message in the chat screen, then select the trash bin icon at the top of the screen and finally confirm your selection.
As of now, it is not possible to archive chats on Ayoba. If you want to remove a chat from your chat list, you can do so by deleting it, although this is a permanent deletion and you will not be able to retrieve it later. As time goes on, Ayoba may incorporate an archiving facility, but it is not possible at the moment
Your chats are always sorted according to most recent, these chats appear at the top of the list. You cannot change this sorting method in Ayoba (at the moment).
In the main Ayoba screen, tap and hold on the chat you want to delete, then select the trash bin icon at the top of the screen, and confirm your selection.
The power of any social app, lies also in the groups. Groups help people of like goals to discuss. In order to create and invite your contacts to join your group in Ayoba, you'll need to tap the new chat button + and select the NEW GROUP option, then add the contacts you want to include in your group chat. Now all you have to do is start the conversation.
You can exit any group chat at any time by simply tapping on the group chat icon at the top of your chat screen and then selecting the LEAVE GROUP button, and then confirm your selection.
To delete a group chat simply tap and hold on the group chat in the main screen, then select the trash bin icon and confirm your selection. You can also choose to leave the group at this time.
If you delete a group chat, you will only delete the group messages from your own device, and will not delete the chat for other members of the group.
If you have been added to a group, you will not be able to see any previous messages and chat prior to your joining the group. This is much more like WhatsApp, and not Telegram, where the admin can choose to allow new members see previous messages.
On Ayoba, backups are done automatically every 24 hours, only if you have an internet connection. You will not be able or disable the automatic backup process.
You will be able to force the creation of a new backup by tapping the Menu bar, select Settings, then Maintenance and then Chat Backup. This will securely backup your chats into the cloud, and allow you to restore your chat history if need be.
To restore your chat history from back up, tap the Menu button, then select Settings, then tap on Maintenance and select Chat Backup, and restore.
Note that your backups are not stored locally on your device, and so you will need access to the internet to make a backup.
The Auto Download feature is OFF by default. If you want to automatically download images and videos that you receive in Ayoba, you can turn Auto Download ON. You can enable the Auto Download feature by selecting the main menu, then tap on Media and then configure your auto download to suit your needs. It is recommended that you keep this turned off if you have limited data.
You can send messages via Ayoba to anyone, even if they do not have the app on their device. Messages sent to people who haven’t downloaded and registered on Ayoba will be received as SMS text messages and will include links to view other files and content if applicable. Ayoba is therefore, just like an sms app, and a social media app on your device.
Ayoba has also parnered with Nigerian telecommunication giant, MTN. This means that MTN subscribers will be able to respond to Ayoba SMS messages using SMS, for free, even if they do not have the Ayoba app installed on their device. Non-MTN subscribers will receive messages from Ayoba as SMS text messages, but will not be able to respond, unless they have the Ayoba app installed on their devices. Ayoba there recommends that non-MTN subscribers download the free Ayoba app from there official website at: ayoba.me/download or from the Google Play Store.
When creating a new chat, tap on the menu in the top right-hand corner. Then enable Show SMS Contacts. You will now be able to view all your contacts, even those who are not using the Ayoba App.
If any of those contacts download the Ayoba app and register with the phone number listed in your contacts app, the Ayoba app will automatically update their status to reflect that they will be able to interact as a full Ayoba user.
You can send images, videos, and links to contacts who have not downloaded the Ayoba app. Sending images or files to these contacts, is similar to how you would send them to those who also have the Ayoba app on their devices. These contacts will receive an SMS notification which will include a link to view the content, but viewing and/or downloading the content may incur data charges by the network provider.
You can view text messages and files sent from an Ayoba user via Ayoba, even if you haven’t yet downloaded the free Ayoba app. Ayoba's partnership with MTN makes this possible. This means that MTN subscribers will be able to respond to Ayoba SMS messages using SMS, for free, even if they do not have the Ayoba app installed on their device. Non-MTN subscribers will receive messages from Ayoba as an SMS, but will not be able to respond. It is therefore recommended that non-MTN subscribers download the free Ayoba app from ayoba.me/download or the Google Play Store
How to send images using Ayoba
Like any modern messaging app, Ayoba can also be used to send and share images. to share your favourite selfies and photos easily with Ayoba, use the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon, then select Gallery to select images from your library. You can also tap on Camera to take a photo and share it immediately.
How To Share Your Location Using Ayoba
Like Instagram, Facebook, and other social media, you can share your location on Ayoba. To share your location with your contacts, simply tap the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon and select Location.
How To Send Voice Messages Via Ayoba
You can send a short voice message to another Ayoba user by simply tapping the Microphone icon at the bottom right corner of your chat screen. You can also create a new chat message using the + (new chat icon) then tap the attachment icon and select Audio, then tap the Microphone icon to record your message.
How To Send a File or Document, with Ayoba
To send any file or document, tap the + (new chat icon) to start a new chat, then tap the attachment icon then select File. Now browse your device, select the file and share it with your contacts.
How To Reply Messages On Ayoba
Tap on the message you would like to view. To reply, simply tap in the compose bar at the bottom of the screen then type your reply and hit send.
How To Share Or Forward Messages To Your Ayoba Contacts
You can forward messages, audio files, images and contacts by tapping and holding on the message you would like to forward, then tap the forward arrow at the top right-hand corner of your screen, then select the contact you would like to share the message with and hit send. Content will be marked as “Forwarded”. You will also receive a notification indicating that the message has been forwarded. Just much more like the forward facility on WhatsApp.
How To Delete Unwanted Or Old Messages On Ayoba
To delete a message, simply tap and hold on the message in the chat screen, then select the trash bin icon at the top of the screen and finally confirm your selection.
How To Archive Your Ayoba Chats
As of now, it is not possible to archive chats on Ayoba. If you want to remove a chat from your chat list, you can do so by deleting it, although this is a permanent deletion and you will not be able to retrieve it later. As time goes on, Ayoba may incorporate an archiving facility, but it is not possible at the moment
How Ayoba Messages Are Sorted
Your chats are always sorted according to most recent, these chats appear at the top of the list. You cannot change this sorting method in Ayoba (at the moment).
How To Delete Chats On Ayoba
In the main Ayoba screen, tap and hold on the chat you want to delete, then select the trash bin icon at the top of the screen, and confirm your selection.
How To Create A Group Chat And Invite Your Contacts On Ayoba
The power of any social app, lies also in the groups. Groups help people of like goals to discuss. In order to create and invite your contacts to join your group in Ayoba, you'll need to tap the new chat button + and select the NEW GROUP option, then add the contacts you want to include in your group chat. Now all you have to do is start the conversation.
How To Exit A Group Chat On Ayoba
You can exit any group chat at any time by simply tapping on the group chat icon at the top of your chat screen and then selecting the LEAVE GROUP button, and then confirm your selection.
How To Delete A Group Chat On Ayoba
To delete a group chat simply tap and hold on the group chat in the main screen, then select the trash bin icon and confirm your selection. You can also choose to leave the group at this time.
If you delete a group chat, you will only delete the group messages from your own device, and will not delete the chat for other members of the group.
What A Group Owner Can, And Cannot Do On Ayoba
- The group owner can create a group, add and delete members
- A group owner cannot make someone else the group owner
- A group owner cannot transfer control to another person
- Group owner cannot be more than one. Therefore, you cannot make other people group owners, since you can't have multiple group owners.
Other Important Things To Note About Ayoba
If you have been added to a group, you will not be able to see any previous messages and chat prior to your joining the group. This is much more like WhatsApp, and not Telegram, where the admin can choose to allow new members see previous messages.
How To Restore Your Chat History
On Ayoba, backups are done automatically every 24 hours, only if you have an internet connection. You will not be able or disable the automatic backup process.
You will be able to force the creation of a new backup by tapping the Menu bar, select Settings, then Maintenance and then Chat Backup. This will securely backup your chats into the cloud, and allow you to restore your chat history if need be.
To restore your chat history from back up, tap the Menu button, then select Settings, then tap on Maintenance and select Chat Backup, and restore.
Note that your backups are not stored locally on your device, and so you will need access to the internet to make a backup.
How To Auto Download Files Sent To You On Ayoba
The Auto Download feature is OFF by default. If you want to automatically download images and videos that you receive in Ayoba, you can turn Auto Download ON. You can enable the Auto Download feature by selecting the main menu, then tap on Media and then configure your auto download to suit your needs. It is recommended that you keep this turned off if you have limited data.
How To Chat With People That Don't Have The Ayoba App
You can send messages via Ayoba to anyone, even if they do not have the app on their device. Messages sent to people who haven’t downloaded and registered on Ayoba will be received as SMS text messages and will include links to view other files and content if applicable. Ayoba is therefore, just like an sms app, and a social media app on your device.
Ayoba has also parnered with Nigerian telecommunication giant, MTN. This means that MTN subscribers will be able to respond to Ayoba SMS messages using SMS, for free, even if they do not have the Ayoba app installed on their device. Non-MTN subscribers will receive messages from Ayoba as SMS text messages, but will not be able to respond, unless they have the Ayoba app installed on their devices. Ayoba there recommends that non-MTN subscribers download the free Ayoba app from there official website at: ayoba.me/download or from the Google Play Store.
How To Add Contacts Who Are Not Using Ayoba, And Send Messages To Them
When creating a new chat, tap on the menu in the top right-hand corner. Then enable Show SMS Contacts. You will now be able to view all your contacts, even those who are not using the Ayoba App.
If any of those contacts download the Ayoba app and register with the phone number listed in your contacts app, the Ayoba app will automatically update their status to reflect that they will be able to interact as a full Ayoba user.
How To Send Images Or Files To Contacts Who Have Not Downloaded The Ayoba App
You can send images, videos, and links to contacts who have not downloaded the Ayoba app. Sending images or files to these contacts, is similar to how you would send them to those who also have the Ayoba app on their devices. These contacts will receive an SMS notification which will include a link to view the content, but viewing and/or downloading the content may incur data charges by the network provider.
How To View An Ayoba Message Even If You Don't Have The App
You can view text messages and files sent from an Ayoba user via Ayoba, even if you haven’t yet downloaded the free Ayoba app. Ayoba's partnership with MTN makes this possible. This means that MTN subscribers will be able to respond to Ayoba SMS messages using SMS, for free, even if they do not have the Ayoba app installed on their device. Non-MTN subscribers will receive messages from Ayoba as an SMS, but will not be able to respond. It is therefore recommended that non-MTN subscribers download the free Ayoba app from ayoba.me/download or the Google Play Store
For more information, visit the ayoba official website here
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