N-Way

Maps and directions for West Africa

Find any place in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo.

Search a place or a business and N-Way takes you to the door, by car, okada or on foot, and across the borders, in English or French. In Nigeria every building has a NIPOST postcode, like LA14T72MX08.

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Searching Accra: places in Ghana with how far they are, and Petrol, EV charging and Restaurants shortcuts
Turn-by-turn in Victoria Island: 260 m, at the traffic light, left onto Akin Adesola Street, with the lanes and the F265 road sign
Welcome to Togo on the way to Accra: the flag, the motto, the capital Lomé, the local time and Clocks go back 1 hour here (GMT)
4 countries
Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo
2 languages
English and French, voice on from the first trip
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Postcodes in every Nigerian state
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From search to door.

No more “call me when you reach the junction”. Share a place or a Nigerian postcode, and anyone can find it.

Typing a postcode: it fills in a plate as you type

1Type a place or postcode

Places and businesses in all four countries. In Nigeria, a postcode fills in like a number plate as you type. In Ghana, Benin and Togo, type or share a Plus Code, like JCH8+5Q Accra.

Directions from Lekki Phase 1 to Accra: 6 h 42 min and 475 km by car via the N1, with 4 tolls, 1,600 F CFA

2See the cost first

Time with today's traffic, litres of fuel for your car, tolls in naira or F CFA, and every other way there.

Driving: 260 m, at the traffic light, the lanes and the green F265 road sign

3Drive to the door

Road signs as you see them on the road, lane arrows, “At the traffic light”, and a voice in English or French, on from your first trip.

N-Way on the road

See it in 30 seconds.

A search, the route to Accra, the welcome at the border, traffic lights, the boat and the walk to the door: the real app, as it looks on your phone.

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Four countries, one map

From Lagos to Accra, and everywhere in between.

Search, directions, traffic lights and police alerts work the same in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo. Drive across a border and N-Way names the post, lists the papers to bring and changes the clock.

Driving from Lagos to Accra? About 460 km, three borders and 1,600 F CFA in tolls. Here is what to bring and what to expect.

Lagos to Accra by road

Crossing a border? It tells you before you get there.

The border is a step in your directions, with what to bring. A banner shows from 5 km out and the voice reminds you at 2 km.

  • Every post named, and whether it's a joint post or one stop on each side.
  • What to bring: passport or ECOWAS papers, yellow fever card, Brown Card for the car.
  • Money and language: banks near the post, and a translator before you cross.
  • A welcome on arrival: the flag, the capital and the local time, and a note when clocks change.
Border crossings on the way to Accra: Seme into Benin, French is spoken in Benin with Google Translate links, money in Benin and banks near the post, then Hillacondji into Togo
Welcome to Togo: the flag, the motto Work, Liberty, Homeland, the capital Lomé, the local time and Clocks go back 1 hour here (GMT)

Built for West African roads

Knows the road before you reach it.

Police ahead. And your rights, one tap away.

Drivers report checkpoints as they pass. You hear “Police ahead” in time, and one tap shows what to do.

  • Stay calm, keep your hands visible. Officers should tell you their name and number.
  • You don't pay money at a checkpoint. A lawful fine comes with an official receipt.
  • Report misconduct to the right body in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin or Togo, with the numbers to call.

Your rights at a checkpoint →

Police ahead, 630 m, shown under the turn card on Onisemo Street
Top 4 things to do at a checkpoint: record if it’s safe, stay calm, don’t pay money, report misconduct, with the numbers to call

Traffic lights, called out before you reach them.

Lights show on the map at street level. As you drive up to one, N-Way tells you how far it is and whether to slow down or get ready to stop.

  • “At the traffic light” in the turn, so you know which junction it means.
  • Slow down or prepare to stop, with the distance to the light.
  • A light that's out? Report it from the map.
Driving up Akin Adesola Street: Traffic light in 260 m, prepare to stop, under the next turn and its Rumens Road sign
The same street at night on the dark map: Traffic light in 260 m, prepare to stop

On the water, too.

Choose Boat in Directions and N-Way plans the walk to the jetty, the crossing and the way on. Boat routes are a guide: wear a life jacket, and don't travel at night or in bad weather.

  • Lagos ferries across the lagoon, from Ikorodu and Badore to CMS, Falomo and Apapa.
  • Lake Volta and Lake Nokoué: boats like Yeji–Makango in Ghana and Abomey-Calavi–Ganvié in Benin, with the fare where it's known.
  • My own boat: got a boat of your own? N-Way steers you across the water, turn by turn.
Directions by boat from Marina to Ikorodu Ferry Terminal: Passenger boat or My own boat, 1 h 2 min, with the walk to the jetty
A Lake Volta boat in Ghana, Yeji to Makango: departures not published, about GH₵10, with a life-jacket reminder and the weather at Yeji

Running low? It finds the next filling station.

Tell N-Way your car once. It counts the fuel each trip uses and warns you before you run dry, with a station on your way.

  • Litres for every trip, worked out for your car and today's traffic, priced in naira, F CFA or cedis.
  • Tolls up front, in naira or F CFA, with routes that avoid them.
  • Faster way opens up? One tap to switch, or keep going.
Fuel is likely low, about 45 km left. TotalEnergies is 1 km ahead on your route. Add a stop?
Faster route: save 5 minutes via Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Keep or Switch.

Two hours at the wheel? Time for a break.

On long drives N-Way suggests a stop just ahead: somewhere to eat, a park to stretch your legs, or a hotel when it's late.

  • Food, Relax or Sleep, each with the minutes it adds.
  • Add stop and the route goes through it.
  • Then the last bit on foot, from where you park to the door.
Time for a break? 2 hours at the wheel. Relax: Evans Square, a park 3 km ahead, adds 1 minute.
Walking the last bit: 60 m, turn right onto the walkway, with the walker on the pavement beside Alli Street

The last bit, on foot. And a look at the way in.

The drive ends where you park. Walking directions take you along the pavement to the door, and Walk View shows the way in before you get there.

  • On the pavement: the walker moves beside the road, not down the middle of it.
  • Walk View: the walk from the road to the entrance, recorded by people who went, with a 360° look around.
  • Film one yourself: N-Way asks as you arrive, and you earn 1,000 points when it’s approved.
A demo Walk View, rendered from the map, for MMIA International Terminal 1: 1 min 30 to the entrance, an arrow along the way, Look around 360° and This has changed
Park here, 20 m: Film the walk to the door, 1,000 points when it is approved, saved on your phone so no signal is needed, with Not now and Start recording

N-Way for iPhone · in testing now

Your next turn, without unlocking.

The turn, the road sign and your lane sit on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you drive.

  • Turn and distance
  • Green road signs
  • Which lane
  • Arrival time
iPhone Lock Screen with N-Way: 450 m, Lekki-Epe Expressway, a green LEKKI sign and lane arrows
The Dynamic Island opened: 180 m, stay straight to take the ramp, Ile-Ife Expressway sign and arrival time

Your week

Every Monday, your week on the road.

Streaks, badges, the places you went and what they cost. Plus one useful thing, like when leaving 40 minutes earlier would have saved you an hour.

  • Week streaks and badges for the days you use N-Way.
  • Fuel, tolls and traffic for the week, in naira and hours.
  • Share it as a picture or a short video.
Your week on N-Way: a 52 week streak, 5 to 11 October
Worth knowing: the place you drove to most, and how leaving earlier would have beaten the traffic

And everything else a map should do.

A page for every building

Its postcode, entrances, photos and ratings from people who went.

NECOM House with its postcode plate, Directions, Share and Save

Day and night

A dark map for night driving that follows your phone's setting, with the lights ahead called out.

Driving at night on the dark map: Traffic light in 260 m, prepare to stop

Your N-Way

Saved places, reports, offline maps and walk views, on this phone or your account.

Your N-Way: sign in, your week, places, reports, offline maps, ratings and preferences

Where are you going today?

Type a place, a business or a Nigerian postcode. N-Way does the rest, in English or French.

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Screens show the N-Way app; the postcode shown is a sample.