USSD Voting & Polling Platform
Reach Every Voter — No Internet Required
We build USSD-based voting and polling platforms for competitions, reality TV shows, elections, opinion polls, and corporate campaigns. Because USSD works on any mobile phone without internet or a data plan, your audience can vote from anywhere on any network — maximising participation across all demographics.
Voters simply dial a short code, browse candidates or options on an interactive menu, confirm their choice, and optionally pay via Airtime charging or Mobile Money. The entire flow is real-time, secure, and operator-compliant.
Our platform supports free voting, paid votes, one-person-one-vote controls, and multi-round campaigns — with a full admin dashboard, live leaderboards, fraud detection, and exportable audit trails built in.
Use Cases
USSD voting and polling for every industry and campaign type
Reality TV & Talent Shows
Fan voting for Big Brother, talent competitions, and music award shows — with paid vote support via Airtime and real-time leaderboard updates.
Elections & Opinion Polls
Secure voter registration, one-person-one-vote enforcement, and multi-candidate selection for civic elections, party primaries, and public opinion surveys.
Sports & Player Awards
Man-of-the-match voting, league player-of-the-season polls, and fan engagement campaigns tied to live sporting events with instant results.
Corporate & AGM Voting
Shareholder resolutions, board elections, employee satisfaction surveys, and internal ballots with role-based access and confidential audit trails.
Music & Entertainment Charts
Listener-voted music charts, radio request shows, and entertainment award campaigns with paid votes and transparent leaderboard tracking.
Market Research & Surveys
Structured USSD surveys for brand perception, product feedback, NPS scoring, and demographic research with real-time response analytics.
How the Voting Process Works
The entire voting journey completes in under a minute — on any phone, on any network, with no internet connection required.
Voter dials the USSD short code — promoted via TV, radio, print, or SMS. Works on any basic or smartphone on any mobile network.
Registration & identity check: First-time voters are registered by MSISDN (mobile number). Returning voters are verified instantly to enforce one-person-one-vote rules where required.
Campaign & candidate menu: The platform presents the active campaign with candidate names, categories, or poll options fetched live from the CMS.
Selection & confirmation: Voter picks their choice and confirms. Multi-vote campaigns allow voters to cast additional votes per session.
Optional payment: For paid voting, Airtime is deducted or a Mobile Money prompt is sent — each paid vote is linked to the payment transaction for full auditability.
Confirmation & receipt: An SMS confirmation is sent to the voter's number with their vote details, and the result is reflected instantly on the live dashboard.
Platform Features
- Voter Registration & Validation: MSISDN-based registration with duplicate detection, blacklist management, and configurable eligibility rules per campaign.
- Free & Paid Voting: Support for free votes, Airtime-charged votes, and Mobile Money billing — configurable per campaign with per-vote or bundle pricing.
- One-Person-One-Vote Controls: Enforce strict vote limits per MSISDN or allow multiple votes per voter — fully configurable per campaign requirement.
- CMS for Campaigns & Candidates: Non-technical admins can create, update, and close campaigns, add candidates with photos, and set voting windows without developer involvement.
- Multilingual USSD Menus: Display candidate names and prompts in multiple languages — ideal for multi-region campaigns with diverse voter bases.
- Live Leaderboards on Web: Public-facing mobile web page showing live vote tallies, candidate rankings, and campaign progress updated in real time.
- SMS Notifications: Automated vote confirmation, campaign announcements, and winner notifications delivered to voters and registered participants.
- Anti-Fraud & Rate Limiting: Velocity controls, SIM swap detection, suspicious pattern flagging, and automated blocking to protect campaign integrity.
Admin & Reporting
A full operations suite for campaign managers, auditors, and financial controllers.
Real-Time Vote Dashboard
Live vote counts by candidate, time-series charts, geographic breakdowns, and network-level stats — refreshed every few seconds.
Exportable Reports & Audit Logs
Full transaction-level vote logs, payment receipts, and campaign summaries exportable as CSV or PDF for third-party audit and compliance.
Role-Based Access Control
Separate logins for campaign organizers, auditors, financial controllers, and read-only observers — each with scoped permissions.
Alerts & Campaign Notifications
Automated alerts for vote milestones, suspicious activity flags, payment failures, and campaign end notifications to the operations team.