The trade operating system for Africa's general trade
Every shop counter, connected to its value chain.
kasiPOS is a trade operating system. It starts at the shop counter and connects every shop to the brands, suppliers and partners in its value chain. Traders gain income and control. Partners gain reach, visibility and execution in a market they have never been able to see.
- Brand campaignCoupon verified at the till
- Group buyReorder joined nearby stores
- Pickup pointParcel ready for collection
The problem
A large economy that nobody else can see
Township and neighbourhood shops carry a large share of everyday consumer spending. Almost none of it is recorded where anyone else can see it.
Cash
Most sales are paid in cash and leave no digital trace.
Notebooks
Stock, prices and credit live in the owner's head or an exercise book.
Unseen
Brands, suppliers and partners can't see what sells, where or when.
So the chain around the shop is disconnected
Brands
Little product-level data on what sells, and no way to check that a promotion reached the shelf.
Suppliers and wholesalers
Thousands of small, fragmented orders that are costly to serve one by one.
Online retailers and services
No presence in townships, where many customers pay cash and have no delivery address.
Corporates with inclusion budgets
Development spend to deploy, but no vehicle that reaches township stores and proves impact.
The idea
The counter is the node
Every shop already sits at the centre of local commerce. Shoppers, stock and brands all pass through it.
Connect the counter, and one sale can create value in several places at once.
How it works
Follow one sale and see who it reaches
One action at the counter sets off value in several places. The same counter handles parcels, marketplace orders, credit and brand campaigns.
Follow one saleOne sale, value in several places
At the counter
A shopper buys cooking oil and pays cash.
The shop rings it up on a phone, with or without a connection.
The shop
Stock drops, and the app flags that oil is running low.
The owner reorders from the same app.
Nearby shops
The reorder joins a group buy.
The price improves as more stores commit.
The supplier
Many small orders arrive as one pooled order.
Volume that can be planned for.
The brand
The sale counts toward a campaign, verified at the till.
It also shows up in sell-through by product, price and area.
The shop, again
The sale adds to a trading history that verifies the store.
Partners use that history to choose who to work with.
Follow a parcelBuy online, pick up here
The customer
A customer orders from an online retailer and chooses a nearby shop as the pickup point.
No delivery address is needed.
The retailer
The parcel goes to the shop, and the customer gets a collect code by SMS.
At the counter
The customer shows the code. The shop checks it and hands over the parcel.
The shop
The pickup fee is recorded for the shop.
The retailer sees that the parcel was collected.
Follow a marketplace orderAirtime, data and digital products at the counter
At the counter
A customer asks for airtime, data or a product from the marketplace, and pays the shop in cash.
No card and no bank account are needed.
The shop
The shop issues a code from its phone.
It works without a connection too.
The customer
The code arrives by SMS and is redeemed with the provider.
The provider
The sale is recorded: what the shop earned, and what it owes the provider.
Follow a sale on creditCustomer credit the shop controls
The shop
The owner sets a credit limit and payment terms for a customer they know.
At the counter
The customer buys on credit. The sale is recorded against their name, within the limit.
The customer
They pay back in part or in full, and the balance goes down.
The shop
The owner sees who owes what at any time.
No exercise book.
Follow a brand campaignPromotions verified at the till
The brand
A brand chooses the products, the incentives and a budget.
The shops
Stores are invited by WhatsApp or SMS and load campaign stock.
The shopper
A shopper requests a coupon by app, SMS or WhatsApp.
At the counter
The shop validates the coupon at the till and confirms the quantity bought.
The brand
Store and shopper earn rewards, and the brand watches the campaign as it runs.
Stores, shoppers, units sold, budget used and geography.
The shop's side
Earn, Run, Grow
One app, experienced in three stages. Earning comes first, because shops adopt what makes them money.
Earn
The shop sells digital products, airtime and parcel pickup to walk-in customers for commission. It needs only a phone.
Run
The full point of sale: till, catalogue, stock, customer credit and receipts. It works offline and syncs later.
Grow
The shop joins group buys with nearby stores, takes part in brand campaigns and orders stock from suppliers.
Four layers, one network
The store app is the base. Everything that links one business to another sits in the network above it.
Layer 4
Operators
Organisations that run a network of stores and clients through the operator console.
Operator console
Layer 3
Participants
Brands, suppliers, affiliates and service providers that sell to, through or alongside shops.
Plug into one network
Layer 2
Network
Store identity, catalogue, codes, campaigns, group buying and insights. The commercial core.
Proprietary
Layer 1
Core
The store app: point of sale, stock, credit, receipts and offline sync. A shop can run it on its own.
Open source
What kasiPOS is not
Not just a point of sale
The till is the collection layer, and the reason a shop keeps the app open all day. The business sits behind the counter, in the network.
Not a fintech
kasiPOS records who earned what and who owes what. It does not hold balances or settle money. Payment partners do that.
Not a logistics company
It coordinates demand through ordering, group buying and pickup. Partners handle physical delivery.
Who benefits
A role for every partner
The shop gains new income from walk-in customers, and control of stock, cash and credit. Each partner gains something different. Find yours.
Brands & FMCG
See what sells, run campaigns you can verify at the till, and grow your stores.
How it works for youCorporates & banks
A ready vehicle for enterprise and supplier development, with impact you can measure.
How it works for youTelcos
Distribution for your digital products at the counter, with visibility of who buys.
How it works for youOnline retailers & affiliates
Every connected shop becomes a sales point and a pickup point.
How it works for youDistributors & wholesalers
Thousands of small orders, pooled into volume you can plan for.
How it works for youOperators
Run your township network on infrastructure that is already built.
How it works for youInvestors
Open-source adoption at the edge, a proprietary network at the centre.
How it works for youWhy it wins
Four reasons the model holds
An open core for adoption
The store app is open source. Any shop can run it, which makes joining the network cheap and easy.
A proprietary network for value
Connected stores, verified identities, partner relationships and data. None of it can be copied by forking code.
Built for the real counter
Works offline and on a phone, prints receipts and scans barcodes. Designed for owners whose main digital tool is WhatsApp.
Pan-African by design
English and French. Currency, tax and market rules are set per country.
Partner with us
Let's talk.
Tell us which role fits you. We'll walk you through the platform and agree a first step together.