Nobody really talks about the week before an event.
The part where your phone never leaves your hand.
Where you’re refreshing WhatsApp, checking Instagram, searching old screenshots, and hoping someone replies on time.
The part where excitement quietly turns into anxiety.
When the event finally happens, everyone sees the beauty. The outfits. The decor. The music. The joy.
But before all that, there’s usually chaos.
Planning events in Nigeria has never lacked creativity. What it lacks is calm.
Somehow, we’ve all accepted that planning must be stressful. That confusion is part of the process. That endless DMs and unanswered messages are normal. That you just “figure it out.”
But maybe it doesn’t have to be that way.
This quiet question is what OiO exists around.
The part nobody prepares you for
Finding vendors is not hard because there are too few options.
It’s hard because there are too many, spread everywhere.
Instagram shows you beautiful work but rarely gives you clarity.
Referrals help, but they’re limited.
Group chats move fast, and information gets lost.
So people plan events by memory, screenshots, and hope.
And when something goes wrong, they blame themselves.
Maybe the system is the problem.
What if planning felt lighter?
OiO isn’t trying to reinvent celebrations or change how Nigerians express joy.
It’s simply asking: what if the process leading up to the event felt less scattered?
What if finding vendors didn’t require chasing messages across multiple apps?
What if discovery felt intentional instead of overwhelming?
OiO creates a space where planners and clients can search vendors by category and location, see what’s available, and start conversations with clarity instead of confusion.
It doesn’t replace social media.
It doesn’t replace relationships.
It just reduces the noise.
Built from watching, not guessing
OiO is owned by Glamcityz, a platform that has spent years watching how people actually plan events — not how we say we plan them.
From weddings to owambes, from inspiration posts to vendor features, Glamcityz has seen the excitement and the stress that sit side by side. OiO grows out of that observation.
Not as a loud solution.
But as a quiet improvement.
Maybe planning doesn’t have to hurt
Events mark important moments in our lives.
They deserve joy, not burnout.
As the business of events grows, the way we plan them will eventually have to change, too. Not in a dramatic way. Just in a more thoughtful one.
OiO is part of that shift — away from chaos, toward clarity.
Becausethe celebration should start before the event day, not after the stress is over.
