Akibanda

Kiko ta pasa den bo bario. Live map of power outages, reported by residents.

How it works

You tap No power here. Your phone shares its location once.
The location is snapped to a grid cell of about 1.2 × 0.6 km. Only the cell is stored, never your coordinates.
The map shows cells where people reported in the last 6 hours. Three or more devices in one cell count as a confirmed outage.
When your power returns, tap Power is back.

Turning location on

The site asks for your location only when you tap a report button. If you declined once:

iPhone, Safari: Settings › Apps › Safari › Location, choose Ask or Allow. Also check Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Safari Websites.
Android, Chrome: tap the lock icon in the address bar › Permissions › Location › Allow. Or Settings › Site settings › Location.
Any browser: reload the page and tap the button again. Most browsers ask again.

Add to home screen

Installed as an app it opens in one tap, with no address bar, which helps on a weak connection.

iPhone, Safari: tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
Android, Chrome: tap the three-dot menu, then Add to Home screen or Install app.

Community

Outage reports, questions and news are discussed in the Facebook group. Join to hear about outages in your area from neighbours.

Join the Facebook group

Privacy

No account, no login. The site keeps an anonymous random id in a cookie so one phone counts once per area. Your IP address is hashed and the hash changes every day. Nothing identifies you.

Independent

Akibanda is run by residents. It is not connected to Aqualectra or to any government body. Reports are what people saw, not official information.