UNCHORSouth Africa, prices in ZAR
Run a paid Wi-Fi business in South Africa
Turn the internet line you already have into a hotspot people pay for: a sign-in page in English, payments in ZAR, access codes for cash, and a dashboard that watches the network for you. Prices are in your currency; times follow Africa/Johannesburg.
Start free Apply as a pilot site
No site in South Africa is listed yet: the first pilot sites here get priority.
How customers pay here
- Paystack (Africa: mobile money, cards, bank, USSD, Apple Pay)Card, Mobile money, Bank / USSD
- Flutterwave (30+ African countries: mobile money, cards, bank, USSD)Card, Mobile money, Bank / USSD
- Stripe (global: cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay)Card
Free public services before payment
You can open official public services to people who have not paid: Government services (gov.za).
What it does, and how far each part is proven
- Captive sign-in page with phone OS detectionVerified end-to-end
- M-Pesa STK push with status-query reconciliationVerified end-to-end
- Paystack, Flutterwave, Pesapal, Stripe (cards, mobile money, bank)Implemented (tested in parts)
- Access codes that work while the cloud is downVerified end-to-end
- Signed pass (UEP-PASS-V1): a paid pass works on another device, or after a Wi-Fi address change, while the cloud is unreachableImplemented (tested in parts)
- Exact data caps in the kernelVerified end-to-end
- Two or more internet links with automatic failover and failbackVerified end-to-end
- Self-healing: firewall, DNS/DHCP, address, speed control, sign-in pageVerified end-to-end
- MikroTik RouterOS hotspots via RADIUSImplemented (tested in parts)
- Uptime checks from the gateway on websites, servers and cameras (HTTP, TCP, DNS, ping) with alertsVerified end-to-end
- Private network: branches joined over WireGuard (hub and spokes, keys made on each gateway)Verified end-to-end
- UNCHOR Shield: "is this message a scam?" checked on the person's own device (sign-in page, also offline, and /check), English and KiswahiliImplemented (tested in parts)
- Essential sites: the owner opens official public-service sites (government, health cover, student loans and jobs, reporting fraud) to people who have not paid; the sign-in page lists themVerified end-to-end
- Power-aware operation: warned once before the UPS battery runs out, background work paused on battery if the owner wants, power cuts counted per site (UPS or gateway silent)Implemented (tested in parts)
- Visitor analytics from devices that joined (never from passers-by)Verified end-to-end
- Verified uptime certificate: internet availability during opening hours, from the gateways' minute-by-minute checks, signed for lenders and landlordsImplemented (tested in parts)
"Verified end-to-end" means tested on a real network in our test lab; "implemented" means built and tested in parts. Nothing here has been proven on routers in South Africa yet unless a pilot site says so.