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FinTech / PropTech · 2025

Automatic M-Pesa rent collection for small landlords

A rent-collection tool for small-scale landlords (1–30 units) that reconciles M-Pesa payments to units automatically, without ever holding tenant funds.

Client
Pangaji
Year
2025
Services
Custom Development · Cybersecurity
Stack
Node.jsM-Pesa (Safaricom Daraja)Caddy

The challenge

Enterprise rent-collection platforms are built for large portfolios and don't fit landlords running a handful of bedsitters or single rooms. Those landlords still needed automatic reconciliation and reminders — just without the enterprise overhead (or Pangaji's own framing: "not for Yardi").

What we built

  • An M-Pesa STK Push integration that collects rent directly into the landlord's own Paybill — Pangaji never holds tenant funds.
  • Automatic payment-to-unit reconciliation, so landlords stop manually matching M-Pesa messages to tenants.
  • SMS reminders before and after due dates, auto-generated receipts, and delinquency tracking.
  • Room on the roadmap for Airtel Money and T-Kash alongside M-Pesa.

The outcome

Pangaji is in early access, free to landlords managing 1–30 units, with core payment collection and reconciliation live in production.

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