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Fintech · 2025

Smart Duka

A mobile-first point-of-sale and business management platform built for small businesses running on limited connectivity and thin margins.

Smart Duka — case study
Client
In-house venture
Industry
Fintech
Year
2025
Services
Product Engineering · Product Design & Digital Experience
Technology
Next.js · React · Express · MongoDB · Serwist offline PWA · M-Pesa Business
01

Challenge

Most small business owners were tracking sales in a notebook, or paying for point-of-sale software designed for a supermarket they could never afford. The shops that needed the record most were the ones least served by the tools.

02

Approach

Sales, inventory, customer records, expenses and payments in one app, built offline-first so a dropped connection never stops a transaction. M-Pesa Business handles payments the way these shops already take them, and a premium analytics tier tells an owner plainly whether the business is working.

03

Outcome

A shop can run a full day of trading with no connection and reconcile when it returns. Payments settle through the rails the owner already uses.

04

Record

Payments
M-Pesa Business integrated
Connectivity
Fully offline-capable
Monetization
Tiered analytics