6:00 AM
Photo stock-in
One photo. The whole crate, counted.
Mama Nia photographs her morning delivery — AskBiz names, prices and counts all 12 items. No typing, no accountant.
12 items added from one photo
Sell with your phone.
See what you made — by tonight.
Your camera is your till. Take M-Pesa, cash, or card. Track every sale and see exactly what you made today — from any phone, anywhere.
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One simple price
The whole point of sale, for KSh 500 a seat.
Camera scanning, mobile money, inventory, staff and multiple branches — the complete till, KSh 500 per seat each month. Free to start, no card, no hardware.
£5/ seat / month
Camera scan checkout
M-Pesa & card
Inventory & stock
Multiple branches
Works offline
Free to start — no card needed
Works offline
Dead zone in the market? Keep selling.
When the network drops, AskBiz keeps working. Cash sales record on the phone and sync themselves the moment signal returns — a dead spot never costs you a sale.
Sales save on the phone, not the cloud
Automatic sync when you're back online
Nothing lost, nothing re-typed
Works on any phone
Old Android or new iPhone — AskBiz just works.
No terminal, no card machine, no special device. AskBiz runs in the browser on whatever phone the vendor already owns — a five-year-old Android or the newest iPhone.
Budget Android
iPhone
Same app, same features, any screen — nothing to buy but the phone in your pocket.
Every branch, one screen
See where your money is made.
Run every stall, kiosk and shop from one phone. A live heatmap lights up where sales are happening, so you can see which branch is hot and what each one made — without leaving the counter.
Live sales heatmapPer-branch totalsOne login for all
Built-in ZakatFree on every plan
Zakat, calculated — not estimated.
AskBiz works out your Zakat from your real business figures — inventory, cash and what you're owed, less what you owe — checked against the nisab. No spreadsheets, no guesswork.
Built in and free on every plan — no upgrade, for the millions of Muslim-owned businesses across the markets we serve.
ZakatAccruing
Zakat due (2.5%)
£19
2.5% of eligible wealth
Inventory
£594
Cash
£194
Receivables
£48
Payables
− £73
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Forecasts, built inBusiness plan
See next month before it happens.
AskBiz projects your revenue and cash from your own trading history, with a best-and-worst confidence band — so you know what's coming and how long your cash lasts.
Forecast
1M3M6M12M
Next month
£861
Cash runway
7 months
Not just shops
Built for how your business runs.
Retail, restaurants, repair shops, salons, factories, delivery — AskBiz has a purpose-built mode for each, not a generic till bent to fit.
Speaks your language
In your language — right to left, too.
AskBiz runs in 8 languages, from Swahili and Somali to full right-to-left Arabic — every screen, not just the marketing. The whole till adapts to whoever's holding the phone.
🇬🇧English🇰🇪Kiswahili🇸🇴Soomaali🇸🇦العربية🇫🇷Français
4 min to see what you made today — not Monday morning
No till or card machine needed to start
M-Pesa built in — no setup needed
30+ payment methods — cash, mobile money, card
Works offline cash sales keep going with no signal
The phone POS app for Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda & beyond
AskBiz is a free-to-start phone POS and daily sales tracker for market stalls, kiosks, salons, and small shops across Africa. Take M-Pesa, cash, or card on any phone — no card machine, no hardware, no accountant.
A day with AskBiz
One shopkeeper. One day. Zero maths.
Follow Mama Nia's shop in Kikomba, Nairobi, from the morning delivery to the moment the books close themselves.
Today's sales
£0
Customers
0
Scan items with your camera, take M-Pesa or cash, and your stock updates itself. Works for one person or a whole team — no hardware required. £5 / seat / month · add to any plan
Camera scan
No barcode gun — point and sell.
M-Pesa built in
Mobile money and cash, no setup.
Multi-branch
One view across every location.
Works offline
Cash sales keep going, no signal.
Know your business
without doing the maths.
Every morning: what you sold, what you made, what’s running low, and what needs your attention today. Automatic. No spreadsheet.
Stock alerts — know before you run out
Daily totals — revenue, profit, top sellers
Staff view — every sale, every person
Morning brief — your 3 key actions, every day
Connect once. Everything flows in.
M-Pesa, Shopify, TikTok Shop, Xero, Stripe and 20 more — one tap to connect, no developer needed.
M-Pesa built in, more mobile money on the way
No developer or IT team needed
Works with your existing tools
Connect in under 2 minutes
See the real app.
Not a screenshot.
The exact screens your cashier, stock clerk, and driver use every day — checkout, restock, dispatch. Click through it yourself, free, no sign-up.
Real, clickable screens — not mockups
Runs on sample data — nothing is saved
Works on any phone browser
No account or sign-up needed
From the team
Why we built AskBiz
Most business software is built for companies with accountants and data teams. We built AskBiz for the owner who counts the till at 9pm — on the phone already in their pocket. Every feature has to answer one question: will this help you know your money tonight?
Idarus Ali
Founder, AskBiz
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One platform. Not three subscriptions.
Most small businesses track sales in a notebook. Here's why owners who switch to AskBiz don't go back.
Shopify
E-commerce + POS
from $39/mo + hardware
✓Strong e-commerce store
✓Good multi-channel selling
✓Large app ecosystem
–No AI business intelligence
–Needs separate BI tool
–POS hardware required
–No mobile money support
Great if online store is your primary channel. You still need Power BI or similar for real insights.
RECOMMENDED
AskBiz
POS + AI Intelligence
Free · £19/mo · £39/mo
✓Full POS included — no hardware
✓AI answers in plain English
✓Camera-first scanning
✓Mobile money (M-Pesa)
✓BI built in — no extra tool
✓Multi-branch, multi-currency
–Newer platform
–Fewer third-party app integrations
Best for shop + online owners who want one platform that sells, tracks stock, and explains what’s happening — without three subscriptions.
Power BI
Business Intelligence
$10–20 / user / mo
✓Excellent custom dashboards
✓Enterprise-grade analytics
✓Trusted by large data teams
–No POS — analytics only
–Requires a data team to set up
–Won’t manage your inventory
–Days to weeks to get running
Right for companies with a dedicated analyst. Wrong if you want to know your margin before lunch.
Simple, honest pricing
All plans include API access · Cancel anytime
Common questions
What does it actually do?
AskBiz is your till, your stock tracker, and your daily business report — all in one phone app. It works for any business that sells: shops, restaurants, salons, barbershops, couriers, market stalls, food stands. You sell with your camera, take M-Pesa, cash, or card, and at the end of the day you see exactly what you made and where it went. No spreadsheet. No accountant. Just your phone.
How much does AskBiz cost?
AskBiz has a free plan with 10 questions per month, a Growth plan at £19/month with unlimited questions and all core features, and a Business plan at £39/month with team seats, Decision Memory, Competitor Watch, and CFO Mode. Growth and Business both come with a 3-month free trial. The Point of Sale add-on is £5 per seat per month on any plan.
What payments does it accept?
At the till: cash, card (Visa/Mastercard via Stripe or Paystack, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay), and M-Pesa STK push. In Somalia: EVC Plus, Zaad, Sahal and WAAFI. For your own AskBiz subscription: card via Stripe worldwide, or M-Pesa, Airtel Money and card via PesaPal in Kenya.
What is the Business Pulse score?
The Business Pulse score is a 0–100 health rating for your business, calculated from five components: margin health, revenue trend, stock position, cash flow, and product mix. It updates every time you sync your connected stores.
Does AskBiz include a Point of Sale system?
Yes — AskBiz includes a full Point of Sale system with register checkout, barcode scanning, inventory management, staff shift tracking, digital receipts, multi-branch support, tax compliance, GDPR tools, and integrations with Xero and QuickBooks. The POS costs £5 per seat per month and is available on all plans.
I'm not a registered business — does this work for me?
Yes. AskBiz works for market stalls, kiosks, spaza shops, duuka, street sellers, hawkers, food stands, roadside businesses — any informal business, registered or not. You don't need a bank account, a card machine, or an accountant. If you have a phone, you're ready. Used by sellers in Nairobi, Lagos, Kampala, Accra, Dar es Salaam, and across Africa.
Is my business data safe?
Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit. We never use your business data to train AI models. UK data residency with SOC 2-aligned controls.
I already use a notebook — why would I switch?
A notebook or sales book tells you what happened. AskBiz tells you what to do next. Instead of adding up your daily takings at the end of the day and guessing at stock, you see which items are making you money, which are sitting unsold, and whether today was better or worse than yesterday — in 4 minutes, not 2 hours.
What happens if my network drops mid-sale?
Cash sales keep going with no connection at all — your stock and till still update. The app queues the sale and syncs it automatically the moment you're back online. Card and mobile money payments need a live connection to confirm with the provider, so those pause until signal returns — everything else keeps working.
What is Utauza? Is it the same as AskBiz?
"Utauza" is Swahili for "you will sell" — it's AskBiz's name for the East and Central Africa market. Utauza and AskBiz are the same app, same features: scan it with your camera, sell it, and see what you made — on any phone, in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC.
Your first sale takes 2 minutes.
No card. No hardware. No training. Just your phone — free to start.
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✓ No risk — cancel anytime, we never share your data
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Payments & connections
Every way to get paid. Every tool you already use.
AskBiz takes cash, cards and mobile money at the till, and connects to the marketplaces, accounting software and ad platforms you already run — all built in, no developer required.
Payments your POS accepts
What your customers can pay with, at checkout.
Cash
Always on — works with zero internet connection.
Card
Visa & Mastercard via Stripe or Paystack, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay.
M-Pesa
STK push straight from the till — Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
EVC Plus, Zaad, Sahal & WAAFI
Somalia's mobile wallets, built in.
How you pay for AskBiz
Your own AskBiz subscription — pay however suits your business.
Card
Stripe — accepted worldwide.
M-Pesa, Airtel Money or Card
Via PesaPal — Kenya.
EVC Plus, Zaad, Sahal & WAAFI
Via WaafiPay — Somalia.
Every source, connected
Sales, stock and ad spend sync in automatically from the platforms you already use — no CSV exports, no manual reconciliation.
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Also on the way: Sage, Wave, PayPal, SumUp, Cin7, ShipStation and Royal Mail.