Uzapoint Technologies is an ERP-POS company, focused on creating innovative POS systems designed for SMEs and media enterprises throughout Africa. Uzapoint has built a strong portfolio of over 50,000 satisfied clients across Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa since its establishment in 2020.
The company offers comprehensive software and automation solutions that enable businesses to streamline operations. By implementing Uzapoint’s solutions, businesses can efficiently track sales, purchases and inventory, as well as facilitate smooth online payments. Uzapoint’s commitment to innovation and efficiency helps enhance the profitability of business organizations in East Africa and beyond, contributing to growth in the region’s vibrant market.
Uzapoint’s operations are powered by a resilient IT infrastructure that supports the backend systems of its digital products and services. Due to today’s fast-paced retail industry, it’s vital for Uzapoint to deliver reliable, scalable, and highly responsive services that can manage high traffic volumes and fast transactions, while maintaining low latency for its clientele. Maintaining low latency is especially mission-critical to ensure real-time transaction processing and uninterrupted service delivery for all types of clients.
Uzapoint successfully migrated its service to localized cloud servers in Nairobi, achieving an impressive 99.98% uptime. This transition not only addressed the issue of periodic downtime but also reduced latency by 100 times due to the server’s proximity to end-users.
Servercore’s affordable cloud solutions allowed Uzapoint to reduce its IT infrastructure costs by 60%. The move also resolved the company’s scalability challenges and ensured efficient traffic handling even during peak hours.
Currently, Uzapoint has deployed four virtual machines on Servercore, utilizing over 180GB RAM, together with managed databases for its business project. The company also plans to scale its resource usage further by adopting Managed Kubernetes to support a gradual transition to a microservices architecture. Additionally, the company intends to implement load balancers to enhance efficiency and reliability further.
Looking ahead, Uzapoint aims for business growth and development by integrating Machine Learning (ML) models and AI-powered features into its products. The company plans to lease high-performance GPU servers from Servercore to support these developments.