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What we learn from shop owners, and what we build because of it. One a fortnight.
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Nomsa Dlamini· 21 Oct · 6 min
Counting out loud: why voice beat barcodes
We spent a month in eleven shops. Nobody wanted to scan. Everyone was already saying the numbers.
Nomsa Dlamini· 21 Oct · 6 min
Shops
The 07:15 rush: what a school gate does to a spaza's morning
Bread, airtime and lunch money in fifteen minutes. We timed it.
Building
Offline first, for real this time
How we rebuilt sync so a count saved in a dead zone never gets lost.
Team
Forty shop owners, one warehouse, no slides
Notes from our first open evening, and the three things we're changing.
Building
Designing for a 5-inch screen in direct sunlight
Why everything in our apps is black, white and big.
Shops
Lay-bys are a loan. We treat them like one.
What we learned from 600 lay-by books, and the reminders we send now.
Team
Why a Stellenbosch accountant joined a Braamfontein startup
Johan on spreadsheets, spaza margins and his first taxi ride.
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