XpressRADIUS started as the billing and RADIUS system behind one Kenyan ISP's day-to-day operations. It's outgrowing that. As we've talked with ISPs and prospective operators outside Kenya, one thing has been consistent: the core product — real-time RADIUS control, PPPoE and hotspot billing, automated disconnect and renewal — travels well across borders. The payment methods and currency assumptions baked into the app did not, until now.
A real currency picker, not a hardcoded shilling
Settings now includes a currency selection, so an ISP's invoices, receipts, dashboard figures and SMS notifications display in the currency that actually matches their market — Kenyan Shilling, Ugandan Shilling, Tanzanian Shilling, Rwandan Franc, Nigerian Naira, South African Rand, Indian Rupee, Philippine Peso, US Dollar, and more. One dropdown, applied consistently across the app.
New payment gateways landing
Alongside the currency picker, Settings gains a new Other Payment Gateways page listing the mobile money and payment providers that matter most across the regions we're expanding into:
- East Africa & wider Africa: MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money, Tigo Pesa / Mixx by Yas, Flutterwave, Paystack, PesaPal.
- Asia: Razorpay, Paytm, GCash, Alipay.
To be transparent about where things stand: these gateways are now visible and configurable in Settings, with credential fields ready to go — but the live payment integrations are being rolled out gateway by gateway, the same careful way M-Pesa and Kopo Kopo were originally built and sandbox-tested on this platform. We'd rather ship the visibility now and light up each integration properly, one at a time, than rush a payment integration that isn't fully verified.
Why this matters beyond Kenya
Our own research into East Africa and Asia backs up what we've heard directly: mobile money penetration in Uganda and Tanzania is above 60% of adults, cross-border fibre is already connecting Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania into one backbone, and Asia-Pacific's ISP management software market is projected to roughly double in size by the early 2030s, led by markets like India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Growing ISPs in these markets need the same thing Kenyan ISPs needed: automated billing and RADIUS enforcement that doesn't assume one country's currency or one country's payment rails.
What's next
This is a first step, not a finish line. We're prioritising the payment gateway integrations based on demand from ISPs actually signing up in each region — so if you're running (or planning) an ISP in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, elsewhere in Africa, or across Asia, get in touch. Which gateway we wire up next depends partly on who asks first.
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