Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
Utumba: a shop till with a route to the marketplace
Utumba presents a commerce platform for Zambian businesses, combining point-of-sale, stock tracking, ZRA fiscal receipts, mobile-money payments, layby, and a shopper marketplace.
- For
- Zambian shopkeepers and shoppers using mobile money
- Worth noticing
- The free tier is described as one branch, the owner plus one cashier, and up to 50 items, with ZRA receipts included.
Field notes
The merchant setup is laid out as a short sequence: create a shop with a phone number, enter products and opening stock, then start selling. Sample screens show branch-level stock counts, cash and MoMo options, and a layby balance. The stated free tier is limited to one branch, the owner plus one cashier, and 50 items; the page says paid plans expand those limits. Utumba also describes partner websites that draw from the same managed stock.
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