A till built for how East Africa actually gets paid

Most POS systems built abroad assume cards. Soko is built around how shops in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania actually take money.

• Cash, M-Pesa, Airtel Money, bank transfer, cheque, and customer credit — all in one till
• Split a single sale across methods (e.g. part cash, part M-Pesa)
• Payments must sum to the sale total, so cashiers cannot short a till by mistake
• Customer credit with a credit limit warning at checkout (advisory, does not block the sale)

• Product search and barcode scanning (Code 128 / SKU)
• Tax-inclusive selling prices by default, with per-product tax overrides and tax-exempt items
• Printed or PDF receipts
• Every sale deducts inventory immediately — no end-of-day stock reconciliation
• Kits sell as one line item and deduct their component stock automatically

Load-shedding and patchy connectivity are normal for shops across the region. Soko's POS is designed to queue sales locally when you lose connection and sync automatically once you're back online, so a bad network never means a closed till.

Because POS and inventory share the same database, a sale in one location updates stock everywhere it matters — no export/import between a checkout app and a stock spreadsheet. See how that works in inventory management or read the full comparison in why POS and inventory should be one system.