Nigerian startup Live Intervals launches personal security platform

Nigerian startup Live Intervals has launched a personal security platform designed to shift safety from reactive check-ins to continuous, automated monitoring. Founded in May by 19-year-old Njeze Okechukwu, the two-week-old product uses an “automated interval system” that continuously shares location updates to a secure family cloud, creating a digital breadcrumb trail that families can monitor in real time. The app has recorded 320 unique device acquisitions and a 46.63% store listing conversion rate — 17.78 percentage points above the category peer average — as early indicators of traction.

“The current market is dominated by reactive solutions that require user input during a crisis. We found that in the Nigerian context, where transit-related safety is a daily concern, this model is often insufficient. We decided to automate the process to remove the burden of manual check-ins. While international apps like Life360 and bSafe dominate the global space, our focus is on refining this proactive approach specifically for the Nigerian environment,” said Njeze Okechukwu.

Context and product details

Live Intervals positions itself as a proactive alternative to existing safety apps that rely on users triggering alerts or manually checking in. By automating location pings at set intervals and sending them to a family-held cloud, the startup aims to provide immediate situational context for journeys and distress events, reducing the time families and responders spend trying to reconstruct movements after an incident.

• Founder and team: Launched in May by 19-year-old Njeze Okechukwu.
• Core feature: An “automated interval system” that continuously shares location updates to a secure family cloud.
• Early traction: 320 unique device acquisitions within two weeks and a 46.63% store listing conversion rate.
• Engagement: Monthly active users already exceed the startup’s initial “first opens,” indicating repeat use by early adopters.
• Business model and stage: Currently bootstrapped, with engineering choices prioritising extreme cost-efficiency.

Okechukwu emphasised the product’s engineering priorities, explaining that Live Intervals has been built to maintain “high-precision tracking without the heavy overhead typically associated with location-based services.” This cost-conscious architecture is likely intended to keep running costs low while serving Nigeria’s price-sensitive mobile market and conserving battery life on users’ devices.

Outlook

For now, Live Intervals is focused on the Nigerian market, where transit-related safety concerns are a primary use case for the technology. Okechukwu said the long-term roadmap includes global expansion, arguing that the startup’s proactive approach gives it a competitive angle against established international apps.

“We are currently focused on the Nigerian market. Safety is a universal need, however, and our long-term roadmap includes scaling globally. Given our unique, proactive approach to personal security, we are confident in our ability to compete in the broader safety-tech space,” he said. The next steps for the bootstrapped startup will likely include extending feature sets, improving long-term retention metrics, and testing commercial models that can support international scaling while preserving the low-cost architecture that underpins the product.