Morekisi is the marketplace and financial platform built for South Africa's 750,000 fresh produce hawkers — the traders who keep townships fed, and have never had a financial tool built for them.
The daily reality
South Africa's fresh produce hawkers wake before dawn, travel to major markets, and source stock by hand — in cash, no invoice, no paper trail. When prices spike, they absorb the loss alone. When they need capital to grow, their only option is the mashonisa charging 40% monthly interest.
They have no transaction history. No credit record. No formal financial relationship of any kind — not because they haven't earned one, but because the system was never designed to see them.
What we're building
Hawkers place orders from their phone. Runners source at the market. Drivers handle last-mile delivery. One coordinated flow — no calls, no cash middlemen.
Daily price feeds from South Africa's major fresh produce markets — live in the app. Hawkers see today's prices before they commit to a single rand.
A credit score built on real trade behaviour, not bank history. Micro-loans sized to what the business actually earns — a first formal financial relationship.
The moment
Mobile penetration is high. Trust networks are tight. The infrastructure gap is wide open. Morekisi sits at the intersection of marketplace, logistics, and fintech — in a segment that every major financial institution has chosen to ignore.
We're speaking with investors who see South Africa's hawker economy as the next frontier for African fintech. If that's you, let's talk.
Investor Enquiries invest@morekisi.com