About us

About Obilli.

Obilli is an independent classifieds marketplace for Africa. It is built and run by a very small team, it is free to use, and it is funded entirely by advertising.

What Obilli is

Obilli lets anyone in Africa post a classified listing — a car, a flat, a phone, a job, a service — for free, with no listing fee, no commission and no subscription.

Buyers browse by category, country and city, contact the seller directly, and arrange everything between themselves. Obilli is the noticeboard, not the middleman.

Where our listings come from

Every listing on Obilli is posted by a real person through our own posting form or entered by our team on a seller's behalf. We do not copy listings from other marketplaces. If you believe a listing should not be here, tell us through the contact page and we will review it.

Who runs it

Obilli is run by a small independent team working remotely across Africa. We are not a large company, we do not have offices, and we do not have outside investors. Any claim you see elsewhere about headcount, funding or trade volumes is not from us.

You can reach a real person at hello@obilli.com or through our contact page.

How we make money

Advertising, and nothing else. We show ads on substantial listing pages and on our editorial content. We do not charge sellers, we do not take a cut of any transaction, and we do not sell personal data. Short or incomplete listings carry no advertising at all.

What we are still working on

  • Growing the number of listings posted directly by real sellers.
  • Faster human review of reported listings.
  • Better local-language support beyond English and French.
  • In-app messaging so phone numbers stay private until you choose to share them.