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Plain advice on money, stock, selling, staff, tax and growth, written for owners who run the business from their phone.

Read your profit and loss report in five minutes

Your profit and loss report answers one question: did the business make money? Here is how to read it line by line, and the five questions to ask it every month.

27 Oct 20265 min read Read the article

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How-to guides

Make an order or booking form people actually finish

Most people abandon long forms halfway. Here is how to build an order or booking form with fewer questions, smart show-only-if logic and a link customers will open.

30 Oct 20266 min read

Growth and funding

A weekly plan you will actually follow

Big plans rarely survive a busy shop floor. Three clear actions a week, planned on Monday and checked on Saturday, can move your business further.

20 Oct 20265 min read

Growth and funding

Getting your business ready for a loan

What lenders ask for, how to get your records and statements ready, and how to choose a loan size your business can actually repay.

13 Oct 20265 min read

Staff and payroll

Paying staff properly: payslips, SSNIT and records

How to agree pay clearly, work out SSNIT correctly, handle PAYE, give proper payslips and keep the records that protect you and your workers.

6 Oct 20266 min read

Tax and compliance

The tax records every small business should keep

Sales, purchases, expenses, payroll and statements: the records that back up your tax returns, how to organise them, and why they protect you.

29 Sep 20265 min read

Stock and inventory

Never run out of your best sellers

Running out of a fast seller sends customers to the shop next door. Learn a simple reorder level formula using your sales rate, supplier lead time and a small safety buffer.

22 Sep 20266 min read

Selling and customers

Bring customers back: birthdays, SMS and small thank-yous

Winning a new customer costs effort. Keeping one is often a matter of remembering them. Simple, respectful ways to bring people back without spamming them.

15 Sep 20265 min read

Money and bookkeeping

How to price your products so you actually make a profit

Busy shop, small profit? The problem is often the price. Learn your true cost, the difference between markup and margin, and how to set retail and wholesale prices that pay.

1 Sep 20266 min read

Selling and customers

Taking Mobile Money payments safely

Mobile Money is fast and convenient, and scammers know it. Learn the common tricks, from fake payment texts to wrong transfer stories, and the one check that stops them.

25 Aug 20266 min read

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How-to guidesStep-by-step help for getting more out of the app.4 articles Money and bookkeepingCash flow, pricing, profit and keeping clean records.6 articles Stock and inventoryCounting, reordering and never running out of what sells.2 articles Selling and customersSelling online, on WhatsApp and bringing customers back.3 articles Staff and payrollPaying staff, payslips and running a team.1 article Tax and complianceRegistration, tax records and staying on the right side of the rules.2 articles Growth and fundingPlanning, loans and growing the business step by step.2 articles

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