https://shiftnet.africa/blog/ Product news, engineering notes and the road ahead for Shiftnet — the platform powering community internet. en https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/your-billing-system-should-talk-to-you.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/your-billing-system-should-talk-to-you.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:30:00 +0300 Shiftnet V27 puts your WiFi business on Telegram: every sale with connection status, customer requests, verified router-offline alerts, ethernet port alerts and a nightly per-branch summary — plus the case for why every billing system must have real-time notifications. https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/how-to-start-a-wifi-hotspot-business-in-uganda.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/how-to-start-a-wifi-hotspot-business-in-uganda.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0300 A practical, numbers-included guide to starting a WiFi hotspot business in Uganda in 2026: choosing a location, what equipment to buy, MikroTik setup, pricing bundles in UGX, selling vouchers through agents, and growing into broadband. https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/mikrotik-voucher-billing-explained.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/mikrotik-voucher-billing-explained.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0300 How MikroTik hotspot voucher billing actually works: the captive portal, what RADIUS does, why cloud RADIUS beats router-local scripts, and what to look for in a WiFi billing system — in plain language. https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/shiftnet-v25-is-live.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/shiftnet-v25-is-live.html Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:30:00 +0300 Shiftnet V25 is live for Shiftnet Uganda. The full launch-day release notes: instant mobile-money vouchers, lost-code recovery, a portal that earns, one-command router setup, automatic SMS, a wallet you can audit, and hardened security. https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/shiftnet-v25-launches-22-july.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/shiftnet-v25-launches-22-july.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0300 Shiftnet V25 goes live for Shiftnet Uganda on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 — instant mobile-money vouchers, lost-code recovery, one-command router setup, a portal that earns, SMS reminders and hardened security. Here's what arrives on launch day. https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/announcing-shiftnet-v25.html https://shiftnet.africa/blog/posts/announcing-shiftnet-v25.html Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0300 One dashboard for hotspots and broadband, RADIUS in the cloud, mobile money that renews service by itself, and a network designed so providers, agents and communities all earn. Shiftnet V25 is coming soon.