Verified Open Source in Nigeria
4 verified open source for building in Nigeria. Every one has had its documentation, licensing and live status checked, not just listed. Last verified 5 Jul 2026.
Apache Fineract
Apache Fineract is an open-source core-banking engine for financial inclusion, providing the accounting, loan, savings and client APIs used to build microfinance and digital-lending systems. Written in Java, it is the technology behind the Mifos platform and is deployed by microfinance institutions and fintechs across Africa. It is Apache-2.0 licensed and very actively developed.
DHIS2 Core
DHIS2 is a large open-source health information management system, written in Java, containing the service layer and web API. It is used as the national routine health information system by many African ministries of health for immunisation, disease surveillance and program reporting. It is developed by the HISP programme at the University of Oslo and released under BSD-3-Clause.
ODK Collect
ODK Collect is an open-source Android app for offline mobile data collection using XLSForm-based forms, written in Kotlin. It has been used to gather billions of data points and is a core field-data tool for African health, agriculture, election-monitoring and research programmes. It is Apache-2.0 licensed and actively maintained by the ODK community.
SORMAS
SORMAS (Surveillance, Outbreak Response Management and Analysis System) is an open-source disease-surveillance and outbreak-management system written in Java. It was piloted and deployed for epidemic response in Nigeria and Ghana and is used by African public-health institutes to track infectious diseases. It is released under GPL-3.0.