Community mode
Posts, stories, notices, groups, events, marketplace listings, and local services — organised around your home area and city.
What is Onano?
The app for your area — not a global feed of strangers.
Pick your suburb when you join (Mabvuku, Budiriro, Highfield, Nkulumane, Dangamvura, and hundreds more across Zimbabwe). Onano keeps community life and dating in one account, with a clear switch between modes so marketplace noise never floods your dating radar — and dating never takes over your neighbourhood feed.
Dating mode
Opt-in, 18+ only. Proximity radar, Discover (Skip / Wave / Crush), mutual matches unlock chat, Top 5, and safety tools.
Zim-native
Areas seeded nationwide, EcoCash / Paynow hooks for premium & marketplace, Shona/English-friendly product language.
Features
Everything in one place
From water-schedule posts to a quiet crush — designed for daily life in Zimbabwean neighbourhoods.
Radar · who’s around
See neighbours and singles near you on a live radar. Distances are fuzzed for privacy — never exact GPS on the map.
Wave · Crush · Note
Low-pressure hellos. Mutual crushes create a match and unlock chat. Rewind mistakes (free daily / credits).
Local marketplace
Buy and sell in your area. Listings, inquiries, and payment hooks ready for EcoCash / Paynow when you go live.
Neighbourhood feed
Updates, alerts, asks, and sales from people who share your city or suburb — ranked for relevance, not vanity metrics.
Trust & safety
Selfie verification gates full dating discovery. Block, mute, report, and admin suspend. Incognito when you need quiet.
Messages that matter
Match chats with realtime delivery, typing, and read state. Community DMs stay separate from dating matches.
How it works
From signup to your first wave
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Join with your area
Create an account, pick your suburb from the Zimbabwe list, and set your age. Dating stays locked until you’re 18+ and opt in.
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Fill your world
Add a photo, bio, and interests. Follow the neighbourhood feed. Enable Dating when you’re ready and verify your selfie for full Discover.
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Explore both modes
Community for posts, market, groups. Dating for radar & Discover. Switch anytime — the shell remembers your preference.
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Connect safely
Wave or crush. Match → chat. Boost visibility with credits. Report or block anyone who crosses the line.
Community
Your street, online
- · Area-aware feed with posts, photos, polls, and alerts
- · Stories, reels, and moments for quick local vibe
- · Groups & events for churches, football, societies, and more
- · Marketplace + service listings (plumbers, braids, tutoring…)
- · Notices that actually matter in your suburb
Dating
Nearby, not endless swipe hell
- · Opt-in only — never forced into dating from community
- · Radar rings by distance; Discover ranked by compatibility
- · Preferences: gender, age range, distance
- · Verified badge after selfie review
- · Match chat with realtime messages when both crush
Trust
Privacy-minded by design
Exact coordinates are fuzzed before storage. Radar shows bucketed distance (~500m, ~1km…), not your pin on a map. You control incognito, who can wave, and when Dating is on. Legal details live in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Ready when you are
Join free. Pick your area. See who’s around — and who’s worth a wave.