In this guide, I’ll show you—step by step—how to launch a POS business as a student using nothing but your phone and Nearpays SoftPOS. It’s faster than you think. And honestly, it’s one of the easiest side hustles on campus right now.

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Scaling a business shouldn’t feel like adding another zero to your expenses. Yet, across Africa, many small and medium-sized businesses are stuck in that exact cycle, spending more to grow, but earning less in the process. Here’s a startling fact: over 70% of African SMEs still rely on costly, hardware-based payment systems that eat into their margins and limit how fast they can expand. It’s a system built for yesterday’s economy, not today’s. That’s where Nearpays steps in.

There’s a quiet leak in many businesses today. You won’t hear it. You won’t see it at first. But you will feel it—usually at month-end—when the numbers refuse to add up. Recent reports indicate that businesses across Africa lose billions of dollars every year to transaction errors, fraud, and operational blind spots. What’s surprising is that most of these losses occur during normal day-to-day operations, not during major crises. This is the cost of running a business without real-time visibility. And it’s a bigger problem than most owners realize.

What if your phone could do more than take calls, post updates, or scroll through social media? What if it could power your business, accept payments, and grow your revenue, all without a single POS machine?

Managing a growing business should be exciting, not chaotic. But once you open a second location, it hits you. Tracking sales becomes harder. Confirming payments starts to feel like a game of guesswork. And reconciling daily reports? A nightmare. You’re not alone. Many Nigerian business owners face this problem. That’s exactly why we built the Nearpays Corporate Dashboard—a tool that gives you real-time visibility into every sale, every payment, and every branch. One login. Everything in one place.

Running one business is hard. Running three or four? That’s a whole different game. You’re managing people, transactions, branches, and customer complaints—sometimes all at once. You’ve got a WhatsApp group for each location, someone calling to confirm a transfer, and receipts sent at midnight when the day has already ended. Let’s be honest: you can’t be everywhere at once.

Running a small business isn’t easy. Between managing sales, tracking payments, and keeping customers happy, it can feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. If you’ve ever struggled with delayed payments, cash flow issues, or tracking multiple sales channels, you’re not alone. Read more

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