Updates

What is new in Meku Business

The latest update was released on 09/10/2026.

  1. 2026
  2. 9 Oct

    Meku MRS for clinics: every test and medicine is paid before it is givenLaunch

    Meku MRS is a patient record system for Tanzanian clinics, built on OpenMRS and connected to Meku Business. A test or a medicine the doctor orders waits on the patient's bill until it is paid, and then it reaches the lab or the pharmacy within seconds. NHIF is now an insurance provider in Meku, with its prices ready for your facility level, and its claims and payouts under Debts.

    • NewConnect Meku MRS to your business
    • NewA test or a medicine is given only after it is paid
    • NewBills, the cashier's list of patients waiting to pay
    • NewThe doctor sees stock and price while prescribing
    • NewThe clinic keeps working when Meku cannot be reached
    • NewNHIF is an insurance provider, with its prices ready
    • NewNHIF patients do not wait at the cashier
    • NewEach month's NHIF claim, and its payout
    • NewA clinic starts with everything set up
    • BetterAn NHIF sale is shown as money owed, not money received
  3. 8 Oct

    Import your products, change your password, and pay your subscription by bank transfer

    On the web app you can now import and export your products and your stock taking sheet, count and select all your products, change your password, and send a bank slip for your subscription. Products that are switched off no longer count against your plan.

    • NewImport and export your products and your stock
    • BetterSee how many products you have, and select all of them
    • BetterProducts that are switched off do not count against your plan
    • NewPay your subscription by bank transfer, and send the slip
    • NewChange your password, or get a reset link
    • BetterChange your business name and username until Meku verifies your business
    • BetterA shorter Settings menu on the web app
  4. 3 Oct

    Sell on your own website or app, and with payment links

    Your website or app can now show your Meku products, prices and stock, and the customer pays on a checkout page that Meku runs. Every order comes into Meku with your other orders. If you have no website, send a payment link on WhatsApp, Instagram or SMS.

    • NewYour website or app sells from your Meku products
    • NewTry everything first in test mode
    • NewPayment links, with no website
    • NewA Buy button for any web page
    • NewYour website is told about every order
    • NewThe guide for your developer
  5. 2 Oct

    Buy from other businesses on Meku by their username

    On the web app, you can now order stock from another business on Meku by typing its username. When the goods arrive, Meku adds them to your stock at the right cost and remembers your products for the next order. If you sell to other businesses, they can now order from you.

    • NewOrder from another business by its username
    • NewYou pay the business directly
    • NewAdd what arrived to your stock, in your own units
    • NewMeku remembers your products for the next order
    • NewAdd a new product from what arrived
    • NewSell wholesale to other businesses
    • NewAn order from a business comes to your orders
    • BetterOrder buttons work for orders that are collected
  6. 30 Sep

    Check every account in each cash box

    Today's cash now counts each account separately — cash, Lipa Namba and bank — not only cash. You can also create more than one cash box and choose the staff who use each one.

    • NewEach account is counted separately
    • NewCreate cash boxes and choose who uses each one
    • NewEvery cashier can see their own cash box
    • BetterDebts and open bills are not added to the cash box total
    • BetterA staff record shows the email they log in with
  7. 26 Sepv2.0.10–19

    Confirm each order when it leaves the kitchen

    Handover is a new list of everything that has been ordered but not yet given to the customer, with an order slip for the kitchen. You can also now set what each staff is allowed to do, one person at a time.

    • NewHandover: one list of the orders that are waiting
    • NewAn order slip for the kitchen, without prices
    • NewThe staff who sells and the staff who hands over can be different
    • BetterSet what each staff is allowed to do
    • BetterA locked feature tells you who can allow it
    • BetterStaff with limited access use less internet bundle
    • NewAdd a photo to each employee's record
    • BetterPayroll is now under Money
    • BetterOpen a purchase you have already recorded
    • BetterType the stock number directly
    • BetterA cancelled credit sale is removed from debts
    • BetterAn open bill shows the items in each order
  8. 24 Sepv2.0.5–9

    Open bills, taxes, and a record for every worker

    Keep an open bill for a table and split it when the customers pay. Add a tax only when you need it. Keep a record of every worker, and let Meku prepare the monthly payroll from those records. Every sale also shows the staff who served.

    • NewKeep an open bill and close it when the customer pays
    • NewOpen bills are listed separately from debts
    • NewPrint the bill and split it
    • NewA waiter can serve a table without receiving the money
    • NewAdd a tax only when you need it
    • NewA record for every worker
    • NewSalary advances, deductions and incidents
    • NewMeku prepares the payroll from your records
    • NewEvery worker can see their own salary slips
    • BetterThe staff who served is added to each sale automatically
    • BetterExpenses show the account that paid them
  9. 19 Sepv2.0.6

    Meku 2.0 is now on iPhone

    The new Meku is now on the App Store. It is the same app as on Android, and on iPhone you pay for your plan through Apple.

    • NewDownload Meku Business from the App Store
    • NewPay for your plan through Apple
  10. 18 Sepv2.0.5–6

    Fixes at the POS, and clearer names in Settings

    Cashiers can now see the payment buttons, the Charge button is no longer hidden on some Android phones, the POS hides categories with nothing to sell, and Settings uses clearer names.

    • BetterCashiers can see the payment buttons
    • BetterThe Charge button is no longer hidden on some Android phones
    • BetterThe POS shows only categories with products to sell
    • BetterA sale keeps the name of the staff who made it
    • BetterClearer names in Settings
    • BetterAll expense categories are switched on
  11. 17 Sepv2.0.0–4

    Meku 2.0: a new app for your phone and for the webLaunch

    The Android app has been completely rebuilt, and the same Meku now works in any browser as the web app. Your accounts are now the payment buttons at the POS, and Money has a new Accounts section.

    • NewEach sale goes into the account that received the money
    • NewAccounts are now under Money
    • NewEvery sale and receipt shows its account
    • NewPayments also show their account
    • BetterPayment methods are shown in two groups
    • NewReports are now on the phone
    • NewMaterials and ingredients are now on the phone
    • NewAdd photos to products and sizes
    • NewDebts, lipa kidogo kidogo and unpaid invoices in one place
    • NewSee what you owe suppliers
    • NewRecord loans and assets
    • NewYour financial year and the four financial statements
    • NewChoose a light or dark screen
    • BetterA rejected marketplace request shows the reason
    • BetterThe app tells you when you must update
  12. 11 Sepv1.3.22–23

    Expense categories that your accountant understands

    Expenses are now recorded under a fixed list of categories that match an income statement. You can switch off the ones you do not use, and nothing you recorded before will change.

    • BetterOne standard list of expense categories
  13. 26 Augv1.3.0–21

    Manage products for all branches at once

    Edit a product once and every branch gets the change. See the stock of all your branches together, send customers your price list, and log in with Apple.

    • NewEdit a product once and every branch is updated
    • NewSee the stock of all branches together
    • NewSelect many products and act on all of them
    • NewSend a price list to your customers
    • BetterSearch shows the exact size or colour
    • NewLog in with your Apple account
  14. 17 Augv1.2.1–9

    Stock taking, and one settings page for all branches

    Do stock taking and Meku records the differences for you. Manage the settings of all your branches from one page, and contact support even when you cannot open the app.

    • NewStock taking
    • BetterImport and export are next to each other
    • NewSettings for all your branches
    • NewContact support from the app or from this website
    • NewThis page of updates
  15. 14 Augv1.2.0

    Meku records your repeating expenses for you

    You do not need to type the same bills every month. Set them up once, and Meku records them for you.

    • NewExpenses that repeat every week, month or year
    • NewUse Meku for your personal money
    • BetterYour day now starts at midnight, Tanzania time
  16. 13 Augv1.1.102–101

    Sell on lipa kidogo kidogo

    Keep the goods for a customer, receive the payment in instalments, and always know who still owes you and how much.

    • NewLipa kidogo kidogo at the POS
    • NewWrite off a debt that will never be paid
    • BetterChoose customers from your contacts
  17. 12 Augv1.1.92–98

    Manage all your branches from one place

    If you have more than one shop, put them in one group. Manage the products and the stock together, and pay for Meku with one payment instead of shop by shop.

    • NewOne product list for the whole group
    • NewMove stock between branches
    • NewOne payment for all branches
    • NewAnnouncements inside the app
  18. 11 Augv1.1.86–91

    A POS arranged the same way as your shop

    Small changes at the POS that save a few seconds on every sale, many times a day.

    • NewGroup products at the POS with your own tags
    • BetterThe categories you use most are shown first
    • NewImport products with their sizes
  19. 10 Augv1.1.84

    Meku is now on iPhone

    The same Meku now works on iPhone, as well as on Android and the web.

    • NewThe iPhone app
  20. 9 Augv1.1.73–80

    Meku on a computer screen

    A proper layout for business owners who manage their business from a laptop or computer, instead of a phone screen made wider.

    • NewA layout made for computers
    • NewTransaction History
    • BetterThe app opens with your data, without waiting
    • BetterMore of Meku is now in Kiswahili
  21. 29 Julv1.1.65

    The Meku Business website

    • NewA website for Meku Business
  22. 19 Julv1.1.47–62

    Take bookings for rooms, tours and hire

    Guest houses, tour operators and hire businesses sell dates, not items on a shelf. Meku now handles bookings by date.

    • NewSell a product for a date
    • NewRoom types with their own availability
    • NewSee free dates on a calendar
    • NewWalk-in bookings save the customer's details
  23. 17 Julv1.1.57–60

    Many businesses with one login

    Manage several businesses without several accounts and several passwords.

    • NewSwitch between your businesses
    • NewAdd a business without a new account
  24. 16 Julv1.1.49–56

    Know your products better

    Better product pages, and reports that show which products are selling and which are not.

    • NewProduct analysis
    • NewPrint the product list
    • NewHeadings, bold text and lists in product descriptions
  25. 4 Julv1.1.38–40

    An expiry date for each delivery of stock

    For pharmacies, food shops and any business with goods that expire, each delivery now has its own expiry date instead of one date for the whole product.

    • NewAn expiry date for each delivery
    • BetterUpdate the customer at each step of your own delivery
  26. 24 Junv1.1.19–25

    For businesses that make their own products

    Restaurants, bakeries and workshops make what they sell. Meku now keeps track of the ingredients and materials.

    • NewProducts made from ingredients
    • NewA stock report you can print
  27. 21 Junv1.1.16–23

    One product in many sizes and colours

    Sizes, colours and packs, each with its own price, stock and photo, all inside one product.

    • NewSizes and colours
    • NewSet your shop as open or closed, with opening hours
    • NewDiscount prices and product videos
  28. 5 Junv1.1.7–11

    See and pay your Meku invoices in the app

    See your Meku invoice, pay it, or send proof of payment, without leaving the app.

    • NewInvoice details
    • NewA private notebook
  29. 30 Mayv1.1.0

    A new design for Meku

    The biggest change since launch. The app is now arranged around the five things you do every day.

    • BetterFive main sections instead of fourteen menu items
    • BetterThe home page shows your sales clearly
  30. 29 Mayv1.0.70–71

    Log in faster, and add your staff

    Fewer passwords to remember, and staff who can use the POS without using your account.

    • NewLog in with Google
    • NewInvite your staff
    • NewNotifications on your phone
  31. 22 Mayv1.0.58–69

    Customer reviews, and a faster way to start

    Build trust with customers, and set up your business in minutes.

    • NewCustomer reviews
    • NewSign up with your phone number
    • NewSales by category
  32. 29 Aprv1.0.39–41

    Separate reports for revenue, expenses and purchases

    Revenue, expenses and purchases each have their own report now, and you can create your own expense categories.

    • NewSeparate revenue, expense and purchase reports
    • NewCreate your own expense categories
    • NewKeep suppliers together with customers
  33. 13 Aprv1.0.32–37

    Scan barcodes instead of typing

    You can now scan barcodes, and you can pay for Meku by bank transfer as well as by mobile money.

    • NewBarcode scanning
    • NewPay by bank transfer
  34. 27 Marv1.0.8–19

    Moving your business into Meku

    In the first weeks after launch, we worked on one thing: making it quick to move a real business into the app.

    • NewImport your products from a spreadsheet
    • NewMoney from online sales, and payouts
    • NewInstall Meku on your phone
    • NewAdd your own payment method
  35. 21 Marv1.0.0

    Meku is launchedLaunch

    A POS, stock and records in one app, made for businesses in Tanzania.

    • NewPoint of sale
    • NewProducts and stock
    • NewPurchases
    • NewExpenses
    • NewReports
    • NewYour own online shop

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