NowNow’s softPOS technology allows Business-in-a-Box merchants to use their mobile phone as a POS system using NFC technology.
This allows merchants to use their digital catalogue through their digital storefront, and ultimately paves the way for NowNow to eventually become a sort of Shopify for Nigeria’s MSME merchants.
As of Q1 2023, NowNow had over 60,000 merchants onboarded, and were onboarding 5000 new merchants every week.
They expect to have a merchant consumer base of over 200,000 by the end of the year.
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