Navigation Built For Everyone

Indoor and outdoor guidance reimagined for people with disabilities in Africa. Waide is an AI-powered accessible navigation tool that ensures that individuals with visual impairments can navigate any indoor space seamlessly as long as they own a smartphone.

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Coming soon on iOS and Android

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Over 250 million individuals live with one form of disability across Africa.

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Over 95% of public indoor spaces in Africa remain unmapped and inaccessible to these individuals.

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Up to 60% of lost opportunities in healthcare, education, and employment start with inaccessible directions and lack of independence.

Our Vision.

To map every public indoor space in Africa and make them accessible and inclusive — through advanced AI, computer vision, and clear, context-aware, conversational voice navigation.

Imagine a visually impaired shopper walking into any mall in Africa and navigating straight to the shelf with their favourite product, independently. A student with a disability navigating their entire campus on the first day — finding lecture halls, restrooms, libraries — without stress, confusion, or needing a guide. That is the future Waide is building.





A blind teen holding a smartphone in one hand, using it for navigation, while holding a white cane with his right hand. He is wearing an orange buttonless collar shirt and a milk-colored cap with dark sunglasses.

No Need For Expensive Mobility Aids

Initially, precise obstacle-free navigation was impossible for individuals with visual impairments, except for the wealthy who could afford expensive smart canes, mobility aids, or guide dogs. But not anymore. With Waide, any blind individual with just a smartphone can get precise directions both indoors wherever Waide Map is deployed, offering a more accessible and affordable solution for all.










Illustration showing how Waide app guides visually impaired users

How It Works

  • 1. Smartphone as a Smart Guide: The user opens the Waide app and points their phone’s camera at the environment. This initiates real-time scene analysis, enhanced by LiDAR sensors (where available) to accurately capture depth and spatial structure.
  • 2. Environment Detection with Computer Vision: Using advanced computer vision and LiDAR-based depth sensing, Waide detects key elements like stairs, desks, elevators, and passageways in the user’s surroundings.
  • 3. Real-Time Indoor Positioning: Waide combines the camera input with map and routing data to determine the user’s exact location within a building, using indoor positioning and pre-mapped floor plans.
  • 4. Intelligent Descriptions Using Image Captioning: Our image captioning model generates spoken descriptions of the environment, such as: “There is a desk to the right of the stairs.” This adds contextual understanding to raw spatial coordinates, helping users form a mental map of their surroundings. On supported devices, LiDAR sensors enhance this by detecting nearby objects and obstacles in real time — ensuring users not only know where they are but can safely navigate around any immediate barriers on their path.
  • 5. Conversational AI for Step-by-Step Guidance: Waide’s conversational AI delivers instructions in a friendly, human-like way: “Take the stairs on your left. Once upstairs, the elevator will be directly opposite you.”

Are You A Venue Owner?

Make your space truly accessible-and stand out as a leader in inclusion. At Waide, we help venue owners like you turn traditional buildings into smart, inclusive environments by converting your floor plans into detailed, interactive indoor maps with AI-powered navigation for all users, including those with disabilities.

Fulfill your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

by making accessibility a core part of your brand's mission while Ensuring compliance with global accessibility standards (ADA, WCAG, etc.) and also enhance your visitor experience.

Map Your Space
Illustration showing Waide's indoor navigation for accessible venues

You Can Help Us Make This A Reality

The passionate team members at Waide have come a long way on our own — bootstrapping, working day and night, driven by a passion to make life easier for people with disabilities. From the visually impaired to wheelchair users and neurodiverse individuals, our goal is simple: help everyone move freely and confidently through the spaces we all share. But this mission is bigger than us. We need you. Whether you’re a student, parent, entrepreneur, or just someone who believes in fairness and inclusion — your support can help us map hospitals, transportation hubs, schools, and public places that matter in daily life.

How Your Support Makes a Difference

  • Unlocks independence for over 250 million Africans living with disabilities.
  • Enables freedom of movement for the blind and wheelchair users in crowded places.
  • Creates over 10,000,000 jobs in tech, hospitality, HR, education — with 40% in underserved regions.
  • Opens up access to education, healthcare, and other essential services for individuals with disabilities.
  • Boosts local economies by empowering persons with disabilities to fully participate in community life and business.
  • Strengthens inclusion and awareness in the hearts of everyday Africans.

Every donation, no matter how small, brings us closer to achieving these goals. Let us create the change that we seek — together.

Sponsor A Map

Mapping Africa – Regional Roadmap

Phase One

Kickoff in Nigeria (Lagos)

Waide launches its mapping initiative in high-traffic districts across Nigeria starting with the first 100 public buildings. Powered by community donations, we’ll transform existing floorplans into smart, accessible digital maps.


Phase Two

Kenya Pilots Begin(Nairobi)

Waide will extend its reach to major East and West African countries, beginning with Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. The goal is to map 1,000+ public buildings, including transport hubs, universities, government offices, and cultural centers.


Phase Three

Africa-Wide Rollout

With strong backing from regional allies and funders, Waide will expand its efforts across multiple African countries, aiming to map over 10,000 key indoor locations. The initiative will prioritize crucial spaces, including public hospitals, schools, and government service buildings. In addition, localized map directions in various African languages will be incorporated





How it works

Share your floor plan

Upload your venue’s existing architectural or floor plan to Waide.

We Convert It Into an Accessible Map

We transform your blueprint into a fully accessible digital map.

Go Live In The Waide App

Once verified, your venue is published to the Waide app.