Through education, advocacy, and technology to protect young people online.
Virtually Safe is Nigeria's leading online safety organisation dedicated to keeping young people safe in the digital world.
The Challenge
The digital world comes with real risks.
Young Nigerians face a growing range of online threats, and most navigate them without adequate support.
Cyberbullying
Online harassment is pervasive across social media and messaging platforms, leaving lasting psychological harm on young Nigerians, often in silence.
Online Predators
Grooming, manipulation, and exploitation by online predators target young people through games, social media, and messaging apps with alarming sophistication.
Digital Addiction
Compulsive social media and screen use is eroding mental health, sleep, and academic performance among Nigerian youth at a growing rate.
Misinformation
Young Nigerians are disproportionately exposed to false and harmful content online, shaping dangerous beliefs and behaviours in real life.
Online Gambling
Betting platforms aggressively target young Nigerians. Gambling patterns can start as early as age 9, long before protective habits are formed.
Privacy & Data Risks
Many young people unknowingly expose sensitive personal information online, creating serious risks of exploitation, identity harm, and targeted abuse.
Who We Serve
Support for every person in a child's life.
Young People
Built for the generation growing up online.
Empowering youth with knowledge and tools for safer digital experiences, from navigating social media safely to recognising online risks before they escalate.
Resources for Young PeopleParents
Your child's digital world needs your attention.
Empowering parents with essential knowledge and tools to guide their children safely, practical advice, warning signs to watch for, and how to have the right conversations.
Resources for ParentsEducators
Equip your classroom for the digital age.
Empowering teachers with resources, lesson plans, and guidance to help students navigate the digital world safely, integrated into existing curriculum.
Resources for EducatorsYoung People
Empowering youth with knowledge and tools for safer digital experiences, from navigating social media safely to recognising online risks before they escalate.
Resources for Young People
Parents
Empowering parents with essential knowledge and tools to guide their children safely, practical advice, warning signs to watch for, and how to have the right conversations.
Resources for Parents
Educators
Empowering teachers with resources, lesson plans, and guidance to help students navigate the digital world safely, integrated into existing curriculum.
Resources for EducatorsOur Approach
How we keep young
people safe.
Education
Equipping young people, parents, and educators with the resources they need to foster a culture of digital safety and well-being.
Our Programs
Meeting young people
where they are.
From school clubs and national forums to tech challenges and community champions, our programs reach every level.
Internet Safety Stakeholders Forum
Our flagship annual forum that brings together policymakers, educators, parents, tech companies, and civil society to develop actionable solutions to Nigeria's online safety crisis.
About the ISSF
Virtually Safe School Tour
A nationwide initiative taking online safety education directly into secondary schools, combining interactive presentations, the Bambi Safety Board Game, and free resource packs.
About the School TourInternet Safety School Club
Student-led clubs in secondary schools that build peer-to-peer digital safety culture from the ground up.
Hacktivate
Challenging young Nigerians to build the next generation of online safety tools, from ideation to funded launch.
Young Fellows Program
Training a generation of online safety advocates with stipends, mentorship, and community project support.
Community Safety Champion
Equipping community leaders to become grassroots advocates for digital safety across Nigeria.
Competitions & Challenges
Debate, skit, and art competitions engaging young minds in creative thinking about online safety.
Safer Gambling Initiative
Addressing the growing crisis of online betting addiction among Nigerian youth through education and advocacy.
The Research
Understanding the digital risks
facing our youth.
Evaluating young people's online experience in Nigeria.
Young people agree that using the internet comes with significant risks.
Many have experienced negative feelings following an online interaction.
Few felt able to report issues to a trusted adult or their parents.
Some young people have parents and teachers as friends on their social media pages.
Our Mission
“To create safer digital spaces where young people can explore, learn, and connect without compromising their safety or well-being.”
Through education, campaigns, advocacy, resources and technology-driven solutions, we tackle the rising challenges of digital harms, misinformation, online exploitation, and digital addiction.
About Us
Stories
What people are saying.
Before Virtually Safe, I had no idea what my children were actually exposed to online. The parent resources gave me practical language and tools to have conversations I was too afraid to start.
Mrs. Bolarinde Adeyemi
Parent, Lagos
Joining the ISSC club changed everything for me. I didn't realise how many of my classmates were dealing with cyberbullying in silence. Now we actually look out for each other.
Tobi, 16
ISSC Member, Abuja
The educator resources are genuinely practical. I was able to integrate digital safety into my existing lessons without starting from scratch. It felt like support, not more work.
Mr. Emeka Okafor
Secondary School Teacher, Enugu
Free Resources
Tools for everyone.
For parents, educators, and young people. No problem is too big or small.
Working With
Protecting young people is a shared responsibility.
We work across government, education, technology, civil society, and media to build a national culture of digital safety, because no single organisation can do it alone.
Education First
Informed communities are safer communities. Knowledge is the first line of defence.
Evidence-Based
Our programs and advocacy are grounded in research and real data from Nigerian communities.
Collaborative
We partner with schools, governments, tech companies, and communities for maximum impact.
Innovative
We leverage technology and creativity to make online safety accessible and engaging.
Get Support
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