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Before you begin

Sokobuni runs on your own infrastructure. Confirm you have these prerequisites — our team will use your credentials during setup.

Check all that apply

PesaPal Account M-Pesa, Airtel Money, cards & bank transfers. pesapal.com

SendGrid Account Branded transactional emails — receipts, confirmations, downloads. sendgrid.com

Africa's Talking Account SMS for OTP login, order alerts & booking reminders. africastalking.com

A Domain Name e.g. yourstore.co.ke — or start free with a Sokobuni subdomain.

A 4 GB Linux VPS DigitalOcean 4 GB Droplet (Ubuntu 22.04) recommended. From $24/month — you own the server.

Don't have everything yet? See setup guide

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