# iNdex Tech Solutions > iNdex Tech Solutions is an African technology company. We build and run our own software products in retail, mobility, education and community finance, and we develop custom software, mobile apps, IoT and hardware integrations and AI for businesses across Africa. iNdex Tech Solutions is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and serves businesses across Africa. Its software is designed for local conditions: it keeps working offline during load shedding, runs on Android phones, integrates with WhatsApp and handles local requirements such as South Africa's VAT201, PAYE/UIF/SDL and POPIA. ## Contact - Email: info@indextech.co.za - Phone (calls): +27 21 569 4997 - WhatsApp: +27 77 265 9408 (https://wa.me/27772659408) - Website: https://www.indextech.co.za - Contact form: https://www.indextech.co.za/contact/ - https://www.linkedin.com/company/indextechno/ - https://www.facebook.com/share/1Fiqx9aaVZ/ - https://www.tiktok.com/@index.3115 ## Products - [iNdex POS](https://www.indextech.co.za/pos/) — Point of sale, live: The offline-first point of sale for African shops, restaurants and spazas. - [Times](https://www.indextech.co.za/times/) — Time, attendance & payroll, live: GPS clock-in, rosters, leave and payroll in one system — with South African tax rules built in. - [iNdex Voice](https://www.indextech.co.za/voice/) — Business phone system, early access: A professional business number and a complete phone system, in an app your team already carries. - [Mkhaya](https://www.indextech.co.za/mkhaya/) — Ride-hailing & parcels, live: Rides and parcel delivery across Southern Africa — book in the app or on WhatsApp, in your own language. - [SMS — Stokvel Management](https://www.indextech.co.za/sms/) — Stokvels & burial societies, live: Run your stokvel, burial society or co-operative digitally — every member, contribution and payout on record. - [PrePurchase](https://prepurchase.co.za/) — Local commerce, live: Pre-order from local shops, pay from a wallet and skip the queue. - [Genius Sync](https://www.indextech.co.za/geniussync/) — School & ECD management, live: Every learner, every fee, every milestone, in sync — for schools, ECD centres and school groups. - [iNdex Bursary](https://www.indextech.co.za/bursary/) — Bursary & scholarship management, early access: Bursary and scholarship applications from WhatsApp to award — fair, auditable and POPIA-ready. - [iNdex.ai](https://www.indextech.co.za/indexai/) — Private AI, early access: A self-hosted AI assistant — your documents and data never leave your servers. - [Mediator](https://www.indextech.co.za/mediator/) — Developer tools, early access: AI that keeps your frontend in sync with your API — without overwriting your custom code. - [God Mode Trader](https://www.indextech.co.za/godmode/) — Trading research, research: An algorithmic trading research engine for back-testing mean-reversion and momentum strategies. ## iNdex POS pricing (ZAR per month) - Free trial: free for 2 months — 1,000 sales, 5 staff, 500 products, Full access - Starter: R299 — 1,000 sales a month, 5 staff, 500 products, Loyalty - Growth: R599 — 5,000 sales a month, 10 staff, 2,000 products, Multi-register - Professional: R999 — 10,000 sales a month, 20 staff, 5,000 products, Advanced reports - Enterprise: R2499 — Unlimited sales, 100 staff, Unlimited products, Priority support & custom integrations - Free trial sign-up: https://www.indextech.co.za/signup/ (no card required) ## Services - [Custom software development](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/custom-software-development/): Business systems built around how you actually work — from first workshop to production. - [Mobile app development](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/mobile-app-development/): Android and iOS apps that work offline and feel native. - [WhatsApp automation & chatbots](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/whatsapp-automation/): Orders, bookings, receipts, OTPs and support on the app your customers already use. - [Websites & e-commerce](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/web-development/): Fast, findable websites and online stores — hosted where you already pay. - [AI & machine learning](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/ai-integration/): Practical AI: forecasting, scoring, document reading and assistants inside your systems. - [APIs & SaaS platforms](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/api-saas-development/): Multi-tenant platforms and APIs built for scale, security and integration. - [IoT & hardware integration](https://www.indextech.co.za/services/iot-hardware-integration/): Software that talks to devices — GPS trackers, receipt printers, scanners, cash drawers and local hubs. ## Selected work - AMANDLA RSA APPAREL (Fashion e-commerce) — https://www.amandlarsaapparel.com: An online streetwear store with WhatsApp and card checkout, stock per size and colour, a photo studio in the admin and a product feed for Google Shopping. - Amandla Media (Media production & equipment hire) — https://amandlamedia.co.za: Website and admin for a media production and equipment-hire company, with WhatsApp bookings and an equipment catalogue. - MO'BA Coffee (Mobile barista) — https://www.indextech.co.za/moba.html: A new website for a mobile coffee bar that serves workplaces, events, sports days and private functions, with the menu, a gallery and online bookings. - GPS fleet tracking platform (IoT · Fleet & logistics): A live fleet-tracking platform for a logistics client: 4G GPS trackers in each vehicle report over MQTT, and the dashboard shows every vehicle on the map in real time. ## Product details ### iNdex POS iNdex POS runs on the phones and tablets you already have. Every sale is saved on the device first and synced when the connection returns — so a power cut or dead network never stops your till. Stock, staff, credit customers, suppliers and VAT reporting live in one place. - Sells offline, syncs later: Sales are stored on the device and synced to the cloud when you're back online. Cashier phones pair with the manager's phone over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi Direct, so a shop keeps working on a local hotspot with no internet at all. - Stock that keeps itself honest: Real-time stock across every till, low-stock alerts, stocktakes, suppliers, purchase orders and goods-received notes. - Shifts, cash-up and approvals: Open and close shifts, cash-up per cashier, and manager approvals for voids, refunds and discounts — with a full audit trail. - Credit customers & laybye: Run customer accounts the way township and family businesses really work: credit limits, statements and laybye. - Restaurants and takeaways: Tables, tabs and kitchen tickets, plus recipes and costing so you know the real margin on every plate. - WhatsApp orders & receipts: Send receipts and take orders over WhatsApp — the channel your customers already use. - Tax-ready reporting: 15% VAT calculated automatically and VAT201-ready reports. Connects to Xero and Sage for your accountant. - Analytics that warn you: Daily, weekly and monthly sales dashboards, top products, demand forecasting and anomaly alerts when something looks wrong. - Q: Does iNdex POS work without internet? A: Yes. Every sale is saved on the device first and synced when a connection is available. Tills can also sync with each other over a local Bluetooth or Wi-Fi hotspot, so the shop keeps trading during load shedding or network outages. - Q: What devices do I need? A: An Android phone or tablet is enough to start. There is a separate iNdex Admin app for owners and managers. - Q: Is it suitable for a spaza shop? A: Yes — iNdex POS was designed for spaza shops, tuck shops and small retailers as much as for restaurants and multi-branch stores, including customer credit and laybye. - Q: Can I try it for free? A: Yes. Sign up online for a 2-month free trial with full access and no credit card. Your shop is live the moment you register. - Q: Does it handle VAT? A: Yes. VAT at 15% is calculated automatically and the reports are VAT201-ready. VAT registration is optional when you sign up. ### Times Times records attendance from your employees' phones with GPS geofencing, then iNdex Payroll turns those hours into compliant payslips — PAYE, UIF and SDL worked out automatically, EMP201 and bank payment files ready to go. - GPS clock-in with geofencing: Staff clock in and out on their phones. Geofences confirm they're on site, which ends buddy-punching and timesheet disputes. - Rosters and leave: Plan shifts per site, approve leave, and see who's in, late or on break in real time. - Payroll that knows SA law: PAYE, UIF and SDL calculated from current tables, with overtime, bonuses and deductions on every payslip. - EMP201 and payouts: Monthly EMP201 figures and bank payment files are produced with each pay run. - Employee loans: Loan requests, approvals and automatic payroll deductions with live balances per employee. - Multi-site: One dashboard across locations, with site-specific geofences, departments and cost centres. - Q: Is the payroll SARS compliant? A: Payroll calculates PAYE, UIF and SDL from the current South African tables and produces EMP201 figures. Statutory rules are kept in a per-country rule pack so they can be updated each tax year. - Q: How do employees clock in? A: With the Times mobile app. Their location is checked against the geofence for their site at clock-in and clock-out. - Q: Can I use Times without Payroll? A: Yes. Times (attendance, rosters, leave) and iNdex Payroll can be used together or separately, and both connect to iNdex POS. ### iNdex Voice iNdex Voice gives a small business a local phone number and a full phone system without desk phones or PBX hardware. Customers call the business number from any phone; iNdex Voice routes the call by office hours, menus and teams, and staff answer in the Android app or the browser. Everything is managed by the business owner in a web portal. - A real business number: A local South African number customers can call from any phone, with your business number shown on outgoing calls. - Answer in the app: Calls ring in the iNdex Voice Android app with a full incoming-call screen, or in the browser at a desk. - Extensions and teams: Every staff member gets an extension; ring groups and queues make sure the first available person answers. - Press 1 for sales: An auto-attendant (IVR) greets callers and routes them to the right department or extension. - Office hours and holidays: Calls follow weekly schedules and public holidays, with after-hours voicemail or forwarding. - Safe by default: International and premium-rate calling are blocked by default, with spending and call limits on every account. - Q: Do my staff need another softphone app? A: No. Everything happens in the iNdex Voice app on Android or the iNdex Voice web app. - Q: Do calls use airtime? A: No. Calls use mobile data or Wi-Fi. - Q: Can I call emergency services with iNdex Voice? A: Not at this time. Always use your mobile network or a landline for emergency numbers such as 10111 or 112. ### Mkhaya Mkhaya is a ride-hailing and parcel platform built for Southern Africa. Riders book in the app or simply chat on WhatsApp in their own language; drivers keep more of every fare; safety features like SOS and PIN-confirmed pickups are built in. Fares and payouts follow each country's own rules. - Book on WhatsApp: Chat to book a ride or a parcel in any Southern African language — no app download needed. - Rides and parcels: On-demand, scheduled and recurring rides, plus parcel delivery in the same app. - Safety first: SOS alerts, PIN-confirmed pickups, ratings and incident reporting. - Fair for drivers: No booking fee for riders and a 15% service fee for drivers (10% for co-operative drivers). - Wallet and invoices: In-app wallet, receipts and invoices for personal and business trips. - Built per country: Pricing for busy times, waiting, cancellations and payouts set per country across the SADC region. - Q: Where does Mkhaya operate? A: Mkhaya is built for Southern Africa, with pricing set up for South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. - Q: Can I book without the app? A: Yes. You can book a ride or parcel by chatting on WhatsApp in your own language. - Q: How much do drivers pay? A: Drivers pay a 15% service fee (10% for co-operative drivers). Riders pay no booking fee. ### SMS — Stokvel Management SMS (Secure Management System) gives stokvels, burial societies and co-operatives a single trusted record: members and beneficiaries, monthly and event contributions, claims and payouts — with a full audit trail and reports ready for every meeting. - Members and beneficiaries: Full member profiles with ID numbers and roles; beneficiaries with allocation percentages, priorities and guardians for minors. - Contributions: Monthly and event contributions by cash, EFT or digital payment, with receipts, reconciliation flags and CSV import. - Events, claims and payouts: Burials, ceremonies and custom events with supporting documents, verification and payout status. - Dashboard and audit trail: Live totals for members, funds and pending contributions — and a record of every change. - Reports for every meeting: Professional PDF reports for AGMs, audits and members. - Mobile access: Members check their status, contributions and beneficiaries from their phones. - Q: Who is SMS for? A: Stokvels, burial societies, savings clubs and co-operatives that want accurate, transparent digital records instead of notebooks and spreadsheets. - Q: Can members see their own contributions? A: Yes. Members can view their status, contributions, beneficiaries and events in the mobile app. ### PrePurchase PrePurchase links residents with the shops around them. Customers browse a shop's live catalogue, order before they leave home and pay from their PrePurchase wallet — including phone-to-phone Bluetooth payments that work without internet. - Digital wallet: Top up once by EFT or card and pay any participating shop instantly — no cash, no card details at the till. - Pre-order cart: Browse a shop's live catalogue and submit the order before you arrive; it's ready when you get there. - Proximity payments: Bring two phones close and the payment completes over Bluetooth — it queues and confirms when connectivity returns. - For shop owners: Live orders, settlements, stock imports, low-stock alerts and demand forecasting from sales history. - Credit that rewards good habits: On-time payments build a customer credit score that shops can use to offer credit responsibly. - Notifications: Push and in-app alerts for new orders, ready-to-collect and payments received. - Q: What does PrePurchase cost shops? A: A flat 2.5% platform fee per transaction with no monthly subscription. - Q: Does it work during load shedding? A: Proximity (Bluetooth) payments queue on the phones and confirm the moment connectivity returns. ### Genius Sync Genius Sync (formerly SchoolSync) runs African schools, ECD centres and school groups, from one site to several centres under one account: learner registration, waiting list and class-list import, private learner documents, a door register that flags unexpected collectors, class attendance with absence emails, fees and invoices in your currency with automatic 7/14/30-day reminders, assessments with PDF report cards, lesson plans and exercises with lesson insights, and QR-verified certificates. Learners get their own portal, and an offline School Hub on a Windows PC or Android phone keeps the school running without internet. Primary and high school levels (Grade 1 to 12) are coming. - Learners and staff: Registration with guardian details, waiting list, required documents, classes by age group and staff logins. - Door register and attendance: Sign-in and sign-out at the door, class registers, absence emails to guardians and PDF registers. - Fees and payments: Fee schedules, bulk invoices, payments and automatic overdue reminders, in your currency. - Assessments and report cards: Assess learning areas and produce report cards as PDF or Excel; plan lessons and exercises. - Learner portal and certificates: Families see attendance, lessons and report cards; certificates carry a QR code anyone can verify. - Offline School Hub: An Android phone or computer runs as a local server so the school keeps working without internet. - Q: Does Genius Sync work without internet? A: Yes. The School Hub runs locally on an Android phone or computer and syncs with the cloud when a connection is available. - Q: Who is Genius Sync for? A: Schools, ECD centres, crèches and pre-schools — from a single site to a group running several centres from one account. - Q: Is there a free trial? A: Yes. Schools register online and get a 14-day free trial with every feature. ### iNdex Bursary iNdex Bursary manages bursary and scholarship selection from the first application to the award. Applicants apply on WhatsApp or USSD in seven African languages, on a light web portal, or with a field worker offline. Required documents are tracked and duplicates flagged, applications are scored out of 100 with a reason for every point, and every decision is on record. - Apply any way: WhatsApp and USSD in seven languages, a light web portal, or offline capture by a field worker that syncs later. - Document checks: Required documents are tracked, missing ones requested, and exact duplicates flagged automatically. - Explainable scoring: Applications are ranked against your criteria with the reason for every score — no black box. - Audit trail: Every review, change and decision is recorded for governance and audits. - Clear roles: Site coordinators capture, site managers screen and shortlist, and only the programme manager awards. - Programme dashboard: Selection funnel, applications by channel, sites on a map and a list of what needs attention. - Q: Can learners without smartphones or data apply? A: Yes. Applicants can apply by USSD on any phone, or a field worker can capture the application offline and sync it later. - Q: Is it POPIA compliant? A: iNdex Bursary records POPIA consent before anything is stored (with guardian consent for under-18s), enforces roles on the server and keeps an insert-only audit trail. ### iNdex.ai iNdex.ai runs open-source models such as Llama, CodeLlama, Mistral and Phi on your own servers or GPU machine. Analyse documents and generate code with AI while keeping sensitive data inside your organisation — useful for POPIA-conscious businesses. - Your models, your servers: Swap between open models (Llama, CodeLlama, Mistral, Phi) with no third-party API keys. - Document analysis: Ask questions of contracts, policies and reports without uploading them to a public AI service. - Streaming API: REST and server-sent-event endpoints to plug AI into your own applications. - Deploy anywhere: On-premise, private cloud or a single GPU workstation, packaged with Docker. - Q: Does iNdex.ai send data to OpenAI or other providers? A: No. Models run on your own infrastructure; prompts and documents stay inside your network. ### Mediator Mediator listens for backend changes on GitHub, compares the OpenAPI spec, and uses AI to update the frontend code that depends on it — merging carefully around your hand-written code and opening a pull request your team reviews before anything ships. - Change detection: GitHub webhooks trigger a spec fetch; only real API changes continue. - Domain-aware generation: AI recognises the kind of application (POS, CRM, inventory…) and generates fitting UI rather than generic forms. - Smart merge: Custom files are never touched; modified generated files are merged so your logic survives. - Reviewed pull requests: Every change arrives as a pull request — your team stays in control. - Q: Will Mediator overwrite my changes? A: No. Files you created are never touched, and generated files you edited are merged rather than replaced. Everything arrives as a pull request for review. ### God Mode Trader God Mode Trader is an in-house research engine for designing and back-testing rules-based trading strategies — combining mean-reversion signals with a trend filter and strict, volatility-based risk management. It is a research and engineering tool, not an investment product. - Signal engine: RSI, Bollinger Bands and a 200-day trend filter combine so no single indicator decides alone. - Risk controls: Volatility (ATR) based stops and position sizing, a fixed risk per trade and portfolio drawdown limits. - Back-testing: Replay historical market data to evaluate a strategy before it is ever used. - Q: Is God Mode Trader financial advice or a managed investment? A: No. It is a research and back-testing tool. iNdex Tech Solutions is not an authorised financial services provider and does not offer investment advice. Past or simulated performance does not guarantee future results. ## Pages - [About](https://www.indextech.co.za/about/) - [Work](https://www.indextech.co.za/work/) - [Pricing](https://www.indextech.co.za/pricing/) - [Privacy (POPIA)](https://www.indextech.co.za/privacy/) - [Sitemap](https://www.indextech.co.za/sitemap-index.xml)