For Hostel Owners & School-Managed Hostels

Fill Your Rooms. Manage Your Hostel Better.

Put your hostel in front of students while keeping payments, rooms and tenant records organised.

We support hostel owners with online listings, payment tracking, occupancy management and maintenance management.

  • List your rooms where students are already searching
  • Track every payment — no more chasing rent
  • See which rooms are occupied, reserved or vacant

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Tell us about your hostel

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Why Nivah

Built for the way Nigerian hostels actually run

Every session, hostel owners face the same cycle: rooms to fill before resumption, students paying in instalments, records scattered across notebooks and WhatsApp chats, and maintenance complaints that never seem to end.

Nivah brings all of it into one place. Your hostel is listed where students search for accommodation, payments are tracked against each room and student, and you always know your occupancy — whether you own one building or manage hostels on behalf of a school.

Without Nivah: Empty rooms weeks into the session

With Nivah: Rooms listed online for students near your campus

Without Nivah: Rent records in notebooks and bank alerts

With Nivah: Every payment matched to a student and a room

Without Nivah: Guessing which rooms are still free

With Nivah: Live occupancy: occupied, reserved and vacant

Without Nivah: Maintenance complaints lost in chats

With Nivah: Requests logged, assigned and tracked to completion

What You Get

Everything in one place

Tenants, payments, occupancy and operations — managed from a single platform you can use from your phone or computer.

Online Listings

Your hostel, rooms and prices presented to students actively searching near their campus.

Payment Tracking

Students pay online by card or transfer. Instalments and balances are tracked automatically.

Occupancy Management

See every room at a glance and plan ahead for the next session.

Maintenance Management

Students raise requests, you assign them and follow each one to resolution.

Student Records

Tenant details, room assignments and payment history kept in one secure place.

Access Control

Optional biometric turnstile integration for secure entry and exit tracking.

How It Works

From first form to fully managed

  1. 01

    Tell us about your property

    Share a few details using the short form. It takes under a minute.

  2. 02

    Choose your next step

    Pay and get started right away, or book a call with our team first.

  3. 03

    We set you up

    Our onboarding team configures your property and brings in your existing records.

  4. 04

    Manage with confidence

    Track tenants, payments, occupancy and requests from one dashboard.

Since joining Nivah, our occupancy went from 60% to 98%. The automated rent collection alone saved us 20 hours a month.
— Property Owner, Lagos

Who It’s For

Made for student hostels

  • Private hostels
  • School-managed hostels
  • Off-campus lodges
  • Shared student apartments

Questions

Frequently asked

Do I need technical knowledge to use Nivah?

No. Our team sets up your hostel, rooms and pricing with you. If you can use WhatsApp, you can use Nivah.

Can school-managed hostels use Nivah?

Yes. Nivah supports multiple hostels and buildings under one account, with separate records for each.

How do students pay?

Students pay online by card or bank transfer. Each payment is recorded against the student and their room automatically.

How quickly can I get started?

Most hostels are set up within a few days of their onboarding call, depending on the number of rooms.

Ready to take control of your property?

It takes less than a minute to tell us about it.