A POS App for Small Business in Tanzania — Free to Set Up, No Hardware
Turn your phone into a full till. Take M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas (Tigo Pesa), Airtel Money, HaloPesa, cash or card, track every sale, and see your profit in shillings. Free to set up, no terminal to buy, no cut of your sales.
10 free questions every month. No credit card required.
Tanzania is one of the most mobile-money-driven markets in Africa — M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas (formerly Tigo Pesa), Airtel Money and HaloPesa move money for millions of small businesses every day. Yet the point-of-sale tools a duka owner finds first either ignore mobile money entirely (Loyverse, Square, GoDaddy) or come bundled with a terminal, a subscription and a setup fee. For a duka, a boutique, a genge, a pharmacy or a market seller in Dar es Salaam, Mwanza or Arusha, that's a poor fit. AskBiz is built for how Tanzanians actually get paid. You open the app on any Android phone or iPhone, add your items by scanning a barcode or snapping a photo, and take payment by M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas, Airtel Money, HaloPesa, cash or card — the sale records itself against the right products and your daily total. Nothing to rent, nothing to install beyond the app, and you can set your whole shop up free, without ever entering a card — you only pay when you start selling. Available in Kiswahili, it's a genuine POS for Tanzanian small businesses, on the phone already in your pocket.
Why the usual POS options don't fit a Tanzanian duka
A duka or market seller can't justify a terminal that costs more than a week's takings, a monthly subscription, or an afternoon reading an English manual. And the free global apps don't handle M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas or Airtel Money — the exact way most customers pay — so mobile money gets reconciled by hand, or not at all. The result is the same across the country: the business runs on a paper book, and the owner never really knows which lines make money once mobile money, cash and mikopo (credit) are all counted at the end of a busy day.
AskBiz is mobile-money-first and phone-first
AskBiz takes M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas, Airtel Money and HaloPesa natively — the customer pays and you record it in a tap, matched to the sale and your daily total, with no manual reconciliation. It runs on the phone you already own, works in Kiswahili, works offline when the network drops, and keeps clean records ready for the TRA, VAT and VFD receipting. Stock updates itself, credit customers are tracked, and at close of day you see your takings, best sellers and low stock in shillings. Setting up your products, staff and branches is free; you pay a simple monthly seat fee only when you start selling. It's the tool the global free apps can't be in Tanzania, without the terminal the local ones demand.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Built for business owners, not data scientists.
Take every major mobile money rail natively — each payment matched to the sale and your daily total automatically.
Scan a barcode or snap a product photo to add items. No barcode gun, no separate hardware to buy.
Use the app in Kiswahili, built for how Tanzanian traders actually sell — same account, same data.
Record who has paid later and what they owe, so nothing is lost when a regular says “nitalipa kesho”.
Every sale is logged cleanly, so your books are ready for the TRA, VAT and VFD receipting rather than rebuilt.
See takings, best sellers and low stock in shillings at close of day — not weeks later in a book.
How it works
Works on any Android phone or iPhone, in Kiswahili if you like. No terminal, no setup fee, no training.
Scan barcodes, snap photos, or type them in. AskBiz can name and price items from a photo for you.
Ring up the basket, take M-Pesa, Mixx by Yas, Airtel Money, HaloPesa, cash or card, and the sale records itself.
At close, see what you sold, your profit in shillings, who owes you, and what is running low — on one phone.
Frequently asked questions
Start taking mobile money on your phone — set up free
No terminal and no card to sign up. Add your first items today — you pay only when you start selling, and take your first M-Pesa sale in minutes.
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