Chidinma Ezue

Building personal safety tech for Africa

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Founder of Aegis by Hugz. I'm building personal safety tech for Africa — because emergencies here don't come with reliable emergency lines. One tap. Your people know. That's the mission.

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Aegis by HugzYour family's safety guardian, even offline
Jun 2026

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Joined Product HuntJune 5th, 2026

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3mo ago

Why I built a safety app (and what I learned along the way)

Hey Product Hunt

I'm Chidinma, founder of Aegis by Hugz a personal safety app launching here tomorrow.

The idea came from a truth most people don't want to sit with: emergencies don't wait for help to arrive. Whether it's a bad neighbourhood, a late-night commute, or a country where 911 just doesn't work when something goes wrong, you don't call the authorities first. You call your people.

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3mo ago

Aegis by Hugz - Your family's safety guardian, even offline

Aegis by Hugz is a family and personal safety app built to work even on weak networks. Add the people you love as guardians, watch over each other on a live map, and get alerted the moment someone triggers SOS. One tap sends help via WhatsApp, SMS, and push, with live location — plus Follow Me, fake call, shake-to-alert, and voice-triggered SOS. Most safety apps need a perfect signal; Aegis doesn't. Offline SMS keeps your people alerted when data drops. Android now · iOS coming soon.