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Real case studies and practical guides on retail software, e-commerce in East Africa, and AI automation — by someone who runs a 5-branch supermarket and builds the software that runs it.

Case Study · E-commerce

Building a 5-Branch Supermarket E-commerce Platform in Tanzania: M-Pesa, Map Delivery & WhatsApp Dispatch

The full story of jambosupermarket.online — live M-Pesa payments, map-pin delivery pricing, loyalty cards with automated email, one-tap WhatsApp rider dispatch, and the ISP-blocking war story nobody warns you about. Written by the branch manager who built it.

July 3, 2026 · 9 min read   Read the case study →

Case Study · Inventory

How a Custom Inventory System Cut Our Supermarket's Expiry Losses by ~90%

Real numbers: expiry losses down from TZS 2–4M to TZS 200–300K per month, stocktakes cut from 5–8 days to ~12 hours with 15 staff, 970+ products saved from expiry — and the TZS 200M+ stock variance our first audit-trail count uncovered.

July 3, 2026 · 10 min read   Read the case study →

Coming next

M-Pesa payment integration for e-commerce: a practical guide

What it takes to accept mobile money on your online store in East Africa — from someone running it in production. Publishing soon.