Nexus-Digital-Solutions-ZM/zampos

⚡ FOSS Bitcoin Lightning POS for informal market traders in Zambia and sub-Saharan Africa. Built with Next.js + FastAPI. MIT licensed. # ⚡ ZamPOS > A free, open-source Bitcoin Lightning point-of-sale web app built for informal market traders in Zambia and sub-Saharan Africa. # ZamPOS ⚡🇿🇲 > Bitcoin Lightning Point-of-Sale for informal market traders in Zambia and sub-Saharan Africa. **Live demo:** zampos.vercel.app **Built by:** @Simeon-Mwale — CS Student, Lusaka, Zambia --- ## The Problem Zambia's informal economy is massive. Market vendors, street traders, and small shop owners transact billions of kwacha every year — yet they are almost entirely locked out of digital payments. Existing Bitcoin POS tools are built for the Global North. They assume fast internet, modern hardware, and USD pricing. They don't work for a trader at Soweto Market pricing tomatoes in ZMW on a Tecno Spark. **ZamPOS is built specifically for that trader.** --- ## What It Does - **ZMW → sats** — Enter any price in Zambian Kwacha. Get the live sats equivalent instantly via CoinGecko rates - **Lightning invoice + QR** — Generates a payable BOLT11 invoice in seconds via Voltage Cloud - **Auto payment confirmation** — Detects payment via webhook, shows clear success screen - **Works globally** — Merchant prices in ZMW, customer pays from any Lightning wallet anywhere in the world 🌍 - **ZamPay — Airtel/MTN Mobile Money** — Charge customers directly on their mobile money number; merchant receives sats instantly via Lightning - **Dashboard** — Daily and all-time sales in ZMW and sats, full transaction log - **4 languages** — English, Chinyanja, Ichibemba, Kiswahili — one tap to switch - **PWA** — Installs on Android home screen like a native app, works offline - **Offline invoice queue** — Sales queued when offline, synced automatically on reconnect - **Account recovery** — 16-character recovery code system; restore your account from any device - **No bank account needed** — Just a Lightning wallet and a phone --- ## Screenshots > Register your shop → Enter amount in ZMW → Customer scans QR (or pays …