In brief
Cashless, biometric payments for the minibus taxi economy.
Pay for the taxi with your face.
Shesha Pay turns the minibus taxi into a cashless, connected business. Riders enrol once and pay by looking at the camera — no card, no phone, no fumbling for change.
Why this matters
The problem
Minibus taxis move millions of South Africans every day, almost entirely on cash. Cash is slow at the door, unsafe on the road, and invisible to the owner — fares go uncounted, takings go unrecorded, and there's no record to build a business on.
Key takeaways
The product
Pay for the taxi with your face.
Who it's for
Passengers — board faster, pay safer
What it is
An operating system for the taxi economy: a passenger app, a driver tablet and an operator console, all reading one live ledger. A rider funds a wallet and boards any participating taxi by looking at the tablet — the fare is matched, deducted and receipted in seconds. Four tenders (wallet, card, cash, instant EFT), one tap.
Built for
Who it's for
- Passengers — board faster, pay safer
- Drivers — less cash, more control
- Operators — run the fleet on real numbers:
- live revenue
- reconciliation
- fraud alerts
Why Shesha Pay
Why it's different
Liveness detection blocks photos and replays, the face model is encrypted (never a raw image), and cards are tokenised. It's a real payments platform, not a closed wallet — under 3 seconds to pay, zero cards or phones at the door.
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