Nigerian 2027 general election — planning partnership programme now open.

Election infrastructure

Infrastructure for credible elections.

iElect builds the software that helps Africa's election commissions, political parties, and citizens run, observe, and verify every vote — together, in real time.

products
5
uptime SLA
99.9%
+ GDPR
NDPR

Built for national scale.

polling units covered
176,846
territories monitored
37
concurrent field officers
~200K
uptime SLA
99.9%

Sources: iElect ERMS + VESR production metrics, 2024–2026.

The work

Every election is a logistics problem, an integrity problem, and a participation problem at the same time.

01

Logistics

Nigeria alone runs 176,846 polling units across 774 local governments. Traditional situation rooms sit in one building and watch one stream of data at a time.

02

Integrity

Results sheets travel from a classroom table to a national tally. Every hand they pass through is a risk surface.

03

Participation

Across Africa, an estimated 500 million citizens lack the formal IDs that allow them to vote, register a complaint, or verify a result.

iElect was built because no single tool solves all three — and none of them can be solved separately.

How it works

Field, situation room, and citizen — one stream of truth.

  1. Step 01

    Field officers capture results

    Offline-first mobile apps let agents and observers record results and incidents on low-end Android devices, even on 2G.

  2. Step 02

    Situation rooms coordinate in real time

    VESR unifies incident reporting, secure comms, and analytics for INEC, EU-SDGN observers, and security agencies.

  3. Step 03

    Citizens verify the tally

    Watch the Votes lets anyone photograph a result sheet and build a parallel count, with AI extraction and consensus.

In partnership with

Built with the institutions that run elections.

  • INECElectoral commission
  • EU-SDGNInternational partner
  • Nigerian PoliceSecurity agency
  • NSCDCSecurity agency
  • NDIObserver network
  • Carter CenterObserver network
  • Code for AfricaCivil society
  • UshahidiTech partner

Partner and funder logos appear here as they are confirmed for public display. Until then, textual marks stand in — trust is earned by evidence, not stock imagery.

Trust & compliance

Accountable by design.

Read the trust statement
  • NDPR + GDPR

    End-to-end encrypted with lawful-basis data processing and DSAR support.

  • Security-first

    AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, comprehensive audit logging.

  • WCAG 2.2 AA

    Screen-reader tested, multilingual, optimised for 2G/3G field devices.

  • Open and auditable

    Core libraries are publishable; third-party audit reports are linked from /trust.

Work with iElect.

Whether you run an election commission, a political party, a newsroom, or a ballot-watching citizen coalition — talk to us.