Field Notes
Notes from the work.
What we have learned building digital foundations, marketing systems, automations, and operations for businesses in Kenya.
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M-Pesa
How M-Pesa STK push works (and how to add it to your website)
Most M-Pesa tutorials are six years old and reference dead endpoints. This one is current, runs in production at TrafficBuddy and angaze.co, and covers everything from OAuth to callback handling.
15 May 20269 min read
WhatsApp
The complete WhatsApp Cloud API guide for Kenyan businesses
Seventy percent of Kenyan ecommerce decisions still happen inside WhatsApp. This is how to operate it like infrastructure instead of a chat sidekick.
15 May 20268 min read
Strategy
Shopify vs custom ecommerce in Kenya: a decision tree
Most agencies in Kenya push you toward Shopify because it pays them a recurring affiliate. We sell custom builds and Shopify both, and most days we recommend Shopify. Here is the honest decision tree.
15 May 20267 min read
M-Pesa
Daraja sandbox to production: the checklist nobody publishes
Safaricom's docs say 'Apply for Go Live'. They do not mention the seven things that get applications rejected. This is the checklist we run for every Angazé client moving to production.
15 May 20266 min read
Operations
The delivery-first ecommerce stack for Nairobi
Most Kenyan food businesses run on five disconnected tools: a website, WhatsApp, a phone book of M-Pesa transactions, a paper notebook, and Glovo. This is the integrated stack we build instead.
15 May 20267 min read
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