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The operating system for recurring revenue

Everything you bill, collect and chase - on one ledger.

If you bill the same customers every month, Zana is the system you run it on: raise the invoice, collect it by M-Pesa, card or bank, follow up whoever hasn’t paid, and pay your own suppliers. However the money arrives, it lands on one ledger - so what a customer owes you is always a single number.

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M-Pesa statement, March

Paybill 522533 · 214 deposits

Deposit Settles

TJ41K8QW2P

John Kamau

KES 12,400

INV-202608-2041

Acme Water Co.

Matched on phone number

TJ39B2LM7X

ACC 4471 STO ORDER

KES 3,500

ACC-4471

Grace Wanjiru

Matched on account ref

TJ38Z0PQ5R

Cash deposit

KES 9,000

No reference on the deposit

Needs your review

212 matched automatically

Upload the statement your bank or paybill already gives you. Zana reads every deposit, proposes the invoice it settles, and leaves the ones it can't prove for a person to decide.
M-Pesa STK push Kenya Shillings Card payments Statement import Supplier payouts Metered billing Rent & leases Owner payouts WhatsApp campaigns Bulk SMS Recurring invoices Auto-reconciliation AI-assisted M-Pesa STK push Kenya Shillings Card payments Statement import Supplier payouts Metered billing Rent & leases Owner payouts WhatsApp campaigns Bulk SMS Recurring invoices Auto-reconciliation AI-assisted
14 kinds of business
Water schemes, estates, schools, clinics, ISPs and more - all on one ledger
1,000 accounts a run
Meter reads priced, billed and posted in a single cycle
VAT at 16%
Applied and shown on every invoice, receipt and statement
M-Pesa, card, bank, cash
However it arrives, it reconciles to the same invoice
Who runs on Zana

If you bill the same customers again and again, this is for you

Different meters, different customers, same cycle - bill, collect, follow up, repeat. Pick whichever is closest to your business and see exactly how it runs.

Water Billing

Water utilities & SACCOs

Metered water on a tiered tariff, with arrears tracked by zone and route.

Power Billing

Mini-grid operators

Postpaid power billed straight off the meter, cycle after cycle.

Estate Utility Recovery

Estates & apartments

Sub-metered water and power alongside service charge, connection by connection.

Rent & Service Charge Billing

Landlords & apartment blocks

Rent, service charge and the unit’s own water, as one invoice a month.

Nightly & Holiday Let Bookings

Guest houses, B&Bs & Airbnb-style lets

Nightly rates, holds on the calendar, M-Pesa collection and turnover between guests.

Owner Settlement & Payouts

Managing agents

Owner statements with commission and withholding, then the payout.

School Fee Billing

Schools

Term fees, instalment plans, and a running balance per family.

Membership Billing

Gyms, clubs & memberships

The same plan, on the same day, every month.

ISP Billing

Internet service providers

Monthly subscriptions, with lapsed payers followed up automatically.

Waste Collection Billing

Waste collection

Household and commercial rounds billed on a fixed cycle.

Invoicing

Agencies & professional services

Project invoices and retainers, with VAT applied correctly.

CRM

Clinics & practices

Reminders and recalls to a patient list you own, invoiced from the same workspace.

CRM

Estate agents & lettings

Enquiries tracked as leads, with the ledger sitting behind them.

CRM

Retail & wholesale

Campaigns to a segmented customer list that already owes you money.

See how each one runs it
What’s inside

One system. Turn on the parts you need.

Invoicing is always on. Add Utilities, Property, Stays and CRM campaigns when the work calls for them - they share the same customers, the same ledger, and the same follow-ups, so nothing is a separate system to reconcile.

Invoicing & Payments

Invoicing

Create branded invoices, collect by mobile money or card, pay out to suppliers, and reconcile every shilling - including the ones that land in your bank.

  • PDF invoices with secure pay links
  • M-Pesa STK push and card payments
  • Bank and paybill payments reconciled from statements
  • Supplier and staff payouts
  • Recurring billing plans
Learn more

Metered billing

Utilities

Manage utility accounts, capture meter readings, apply tiered tariffs, and post invoices for all accounts with one billing run.

  • Meter accounts with zones and categories
  • Tiered tariffs and standing charges
  • Billing runs that post invoices
  • Arrears ageing and collections
Learn more

Property & Tenancy

Property

Properties, units and leases on the billing engine you already run - a rent run that prices pro-rata, carries the submetered water onto the same invoice, and settles every owner at month end.

  • Properties, units, leases and tenants
  • Rent runs with pro-rata and escalation
  • Submetered water and power on the rent bill
  • Deposits held, offset and refunded
  • Owner statements, commission and payouts
Learn more

Guest houses & nightly rentals

Stays

Guest houses, B&Bs, serviced apartments and holiday homes - quote the nights, hold the calendar, invoice the guest and collect on M-Pesa, whether the booking came from Airbnb, WhatsApp or walk-in.

  • Listings, seasonal rates and availability blocks
  • Quotes and reservations with no double-booking
  • Confirm, check-in, check-out and cancellation
  • Turnover checklists and deposit handling
  • Occupancy, ADR and collections reporting
Learn more

CRM & Campaigns

CRM

One shared contact list with pipeline, activities, and segments - plus targeted bulk SMS and WhatsApp campaigns, straight from your Zana workspace.

  • Contacts, pipeline, and activities
  • Segments and saved customer lists
  • Bulk SMS & WhatsApp campaigns with delivery tracking
  • A shared WhatsApp inbox for the replies
Learn more
Everything you need

From invoices to meter reads to rent day

Zana covers the whole billing cycle - invoicing, collecting, messaging, metered utility billing and rent - without switching tools or tabs.

Professional invoices

Build branded invoices with line items and due dates. Send them by email with a PDF attached and a pay link inside.

M-Pesa & card payments

Customers tap the pay link and approve the M-Pesa prompt on their phone, or pay by card. No app to install, no account to create.

Supplier payouts

Send money out, not just in. Pay suppliers, vendors, or staff to mobile money or bank accounts - with approvals and limits you control.

Recurring billing

Put repeat customers on a schedule. Zana raises and sends each invoice automatically, on time, every cycle.

Bulk SMS & WhatsApp

Run targeted bulk message campaigns to your contacts via SMS or WhatsApp. Build lists, reuse templates, and track delivery per recipient.

Metered utility billing

Capture meter readings, apply tiered tariffs, and generate invoices in one billing run - water, electricity, or any service you read and bill in arrears.

Rent & service charge

Properties, units and leases with a rent run that pro-rates a mid-month move-in, carries the unit’s submetered water onto the same invoice, and holds deposits as held money.

Owner statements & payouts

Per owner, per period: rent actually collected, less commission, maintenance and withholding - then the net paid out on the same approval-controlled rail as any supplier.

Receipts, instantly

Every payment triggers a PDF receipt, emailed to your customer the moment it clears - without you lifting a finger.

Automatic reconciliation

Payments match themselves to invoices through secure webhooks. Balances and statuses update the moment money lands - partial payments included.

Statement reconciliation

Paid straight into your paybill, till or bank? Upload the M-Pesa or bank statement - CSV, Excel or PDF, even a scanned one - and Zana reads every deposit and proposes the invoice it settles for you to confirm.

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AI, done right

AI that works with you, not instead of you

We carefully augment your team with AI to speed up output and keep accuracy high - automating the busywork while keeping human judgment exactly where it matters.

Augment, don’t replace

AI drafts the invoice, the reminder, the summary - your team reviews and approves. You stay in control of every send and every posting.

Automate the boring

Reconciliation, payment reminders, data entry, and report drafting run themselves, so your team spends its time on the work that actually needs a person.

Accuracy by design

Every suggestion is grounded in your own data and surfaced for a human to confirm - nothing is sent or posted until you say so.

In every module

Assistants are built into invoicing, utility billing, and collections - not bolted on as a separate chatbot you have to learn.

See how Zana uses AI
Built for Kenya

Local by default, not by configuration

The currency, the payment rails, and the sign-in are all set up the way Kenyan businesses actually work.

Kenya Shillings

Price and collect in KES - the currency your customers actually use.

M-Pesa-native

Built around how Kenyans actually pay - an STK prompt on the phone, not a card form.

Passwordless sign-in

Your team signs in with Google or a one-time email code. Nothing to forget, nothing to leak.

Your brand, everywhere

Your logo and details on every invoice, receipt, and pay page your customers see.

FAQ

Questions, answered

01 What kind of business is Zana for?

Any business that bills the same customers on a cycle - water utilities and SACCOs, estates, apartments and landlords, managing agents, schools, gyms and clubs, internet providers, waste collection, security and facilities firms, agencies, clinics, and subscription businesses. If you raise the same invoices every month and chase the same people for them, that’s the job Zana is built for.

02 Is Zana a utility billing system, a CRM, or an invoicing tool?

One system with all of it inside. Invoicing is always on; Utilities, Property, Stays and CRM campaigns switch on when you need them. They are not separate products bolted together - they share the same customers, the same ledger, and the same follow-ups, so a customer’s balance is a single number no matter which part of Zana raised it.

03 How does Zana use AI?

AI assists your team across the suite - drafting invoices and messages, flagging anomalies, and planning collections - while you stay in control. Every suggestion is grounded in your own data and waits for a human to approve before anything is sent or posted.

04 Do my customers need an account?

No. Customers pay through a secure link - there is no sign-up and no app to install. Only your team signs in to Zana.

05 How do customers pay?

M-Pesa is the default - the customer opens the pay link and approves the STK push on their phone, with no account or app. Card payments work through the same link. If they’d rather pay into your paybill, till, bank account, or hand over cash, your instructions are printed on the invoice and the payment is reconciled back to it.

06 What if a customer pays straight into my bank or paybill?

Upload the statement and Zana reconciles it. It reads M-Pesa and bank statements as CSV, Excel, or PDF - including scanned ones - pulls out every incoming transaction, and proposes which invoice or utility account each one settles. You confirm or correct the matches, then commit them in one go. Re-uploading an overlapping statement never double-posts a payment.

07 Can I send bulk SMS or WhatsApp messages?

Yes - it’s part of CRM. Send bulk SMS and WhatsApp campaigns to your contacts and segments, with reusable templates, delivery tracking, and automatic opt-out handling. Turn the module on from your workspace and start sending.

08 Does it support metered billing for water or electricity?

Yes, with the Utilities module - postpaid. Capture meter readings, configure tiered tariffs and standing charges, then run a billing period to generate invoices for all accounts at once. Those invoices collect through the same pay links and reconciliation as everything else. It does not vend prepaid tokens or read meters over the air.

09 Can Zana collect rent and pay landlords?

Yes, with the Property module. Set up properties, units and leases, then run the month: rent pro-rates a mid-month move-in, the standing charges come off the lease, and a unit’s submetered water lands on the same invoice instead of a second one. Deposits are held in the ledger rather than banked as income, arrears age per property, and at month end each owner gets a statement - rent actually collected, less commission, maintenance and any withholding - with the net paid out on the same approval-controlled payout rail as a supplier. Zana computes withholding tax and reports it; it does not file returns for you.

10 Does it handle VAT?

Yes. Set your tax rate (16% by default) and it is applied and clearly shown on every invoice and receipt.

11 Can I bill the same customers every month?

Yes. Recurring plans generate and send invoices on a schedule automatically, so repeat billing runs itself.

12 Can I send money out, not just collect it?

Yes. Beyond collecting payments, you can pay suppliers, vendors, or staff to mobile money or bank accounts - with optional approvals and daily limits so you stay in control.

13 Is my data separate from other businesses?

Every workspace is fully isolated, with its own customers, branding, and payment credentials. You can run several from one login.

Ready to stop chasing payments by hand?

Load your customers, raise your first cycle of invoices, and let Zana collect and follow up on what’s outstanding. Or talk to us and we’ll map it to the way you bill today.