KhantaWhy Khanta exists
Most bookkeeping apps were designed for a shelf full of packaged, barcoded goods. That's not really what a provision shop sells: loose grains, unbranded spices, oil poured from a jerry can, everything measured by scoop or cup or a practiced eye. That gap never really got addressed, just worked around, notebook after notebook.
Eventually, something closer to a full business operating system for African informal retail. That's years away, and we're not going to pretend otherwise.
Something narrower and more immediately useful: give a shop owner selling loose goods an accurate stock count and a working credit book, without making her type.
What we still have to prove
Camera + voice beats manual entry
For loose, unpackaged goods specifically, the exact case the SKU-based tools out there weren't built for.
Unit conversion owners can trust
Convert cartons to bags and derica, accurately enough for owners to trust the record.
WhatsApp reminders from your shop's own number
Measurably better repayment than an owner chasing debtors herself, one phone call at a time.
A usable catalog in under 5 minutes
From "never opened the app" to a shelf that's actually logged, the same day someone shows them how.
Two questions we get asked a lot
Short, honest answers, the kind a technical due-diligence call or a skeptical shop owner actually asks first.
Open Khanta in your browser
Half the phones running Khanta don't have storage to spare for another install, and an app store page might not even load on a shaky connection. A link opens instantly. Add it to the home screen once and it behaves like a native app, with a full screen and no address bar. Same product, less friction.
ShippedA phone number, not an email and password
An email and a password is a solved problem for people who already use both every day. Most of the shop owners Khanta is built for don't; a phone number is what they already give out for WhatsApp, mobile money, their own customers. Asking for anything else would be asking them to create an account just to create an account.
ShippedWho we're actually building for
A provision shop owner in Ikeja
~15m² shop, one or two staff, been running it for years"The typing is too much, and it didn't understand how I sell things."
She's 35 to 50, runs the shop herself with a staff member or a family member helping out, and stocks the usual: rice, garri, beans, cooking oil decanted from jerry cans, sachet water, seasoning cubes, soap. She's not against technology; she's on WhatsApp all day; she just has no patience for an app that wants every item typed in by hand. She's tried one already. It didn't last a month.
A pattern from real conversations with shop owners, not one specific customer.
Ready to put it on your shelf?
Open Khanta now, walk your shelf once, and see your own stock book fill in.
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