Nigerian technology startup Lifteller has launched a social platform that combines social networking with peer to peer giving, allowing users to request, offer and raise financial or non monetary support through a single platform.
Launched in Lagos, Lifteller is targeting 2 million users by December 2026 as it seeks to build a digital infrastructure for Nigerians to support individuals and communities directly.
The platform is available on web, Android and iOS and allows users to create posts under three categories: “Offer a Lift,” “Request a Lift” and “Raise a Lift.”
Support can range from feeding, housing and transportation to medical expenses, school fees and business seed capital. Users can also request non monetary items such as clothes, books, laptops and other equipment.
Turning social interaction into digital giving
Lifteller’s proposition sits at the intersection of social media and digital payments.
Rather than directing users to a separate payment platform after seeing someone in need, the company allows eligible users to transfer funds directly through the platform.
Users can fund their Lifteller wallets through bank transfers, with each user assigned a unique virtual account. The company has integrated with Lotus Bank and is also in partnership discussions with Fidelity Bank.
According to the company, a user can select a request from their feed and send money directly from their wallet to the recipient’s wallet.
Founder and Chairman of Lifteller, Uche Elekwachi, said the platform was created around the idea that technology can help facilitate collective support.
“What does it mean to be human? As human beings, we are meant to help one another. Lifteller is about the fusion of goodness. We believe there is enough food and enough money to meet humanity’s needs at all times; the reality is simply that some people have more while others do not have enough,” Elekwachi said.
He added that the platform is intended to connect technology with collective action, allowing people to support others directly.
Trust becomes a key challenge
As with other platforms that facilitate peer to peer financial transactions, trust and fraud prevention are central to Lifteller’s model.
The platform requires users making requests to provide supporting evidence, while other users can comment on or report posts.
Lifteller also has backend tools for muting and deactivating accounts suspected of fraudulent activity.
The company said it monitors transactions in real time to identify potentially fraudulent activity.
“This is not a lending or borrowing platform. Whatever you give is given freely. Lifteller is a free-gift platform,” Elekwachi said.
The distinction is important to the platform’s model. Funds provided through Lifteller are intended as gifts or support rather than loans that recipients are expected to repay.
Beyond money
Lifteller is also building a non monetary component into its platform.
Users can raise resources for specific needs, including educational materials, laptops for technology learners and sewing machines for fashion students.
Akinshola Samuel Akinde, MD and CEO of Lifteller, said users can post their needs, while interested supporters can indicate their willingness to provide the requested items.
The company said it will verify such requests before facilitating delivery.
This broadens Lifteller’s proposition beyond digital transfers and into a marketplace for matching needs with people willing to provide financial or physical support.
Banks and partnerships
The platform is backed by relationships with Nigerian financial institutions, including an integration with Lotus Bank and ongoing discussions with Fidelity Bank.
The involvement of regulated financial institutions is part of Lifteller’s effort to provide payment infrastructure for transactions taking place on the platform.
The company is also exploring partnerships with organisations including the National Youth Service Corps for community projects and donor agencies for rural interventions.
Another proposed feature, “JamLifts,” is expected to support specific needs such as examination fees.
The bigger opportunity
Digital platforms have increasingly changed how Nigerians communicate, shop and move money, but Lifteller is attempting to apply that infrastructure to another area: peer to peer support.
Its model combines a social feed, digital wallets and verification tools in an attempt to make giving part of the same digital experience where users discover a request.
The company is targeting 2 million users by December 2026, although achieving that goal will depend on user adoption, trust in the platform and its ability to build the financial and operational infrastructure required to support transactions at scale.
For Lifteller, the longer term ambition extends beyond Nigeria.
“It’s not just about Nigeria; it’s about the world. What is constant is that love is constant; compassion exists anywhere in the world,” Elekwachi said.
For now, the company is focused on building its user base in Nigeria and establishing Lifteller as a digital platform where financial and non financial support can move directly between people and communities.
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