AfCEN Deploy
Ask your business records in plain words.
Deploy reads the records a business already keeps and answers questions about them in plain words, with the source behind every answer.
- Free period
- 90 days
- First conversation
- 10 minutes with Mansa
- Time to go live
- About a week
- Data after you leave
- Deleted within 30 days
What AfCEN Deploy is
AfCEN Deploy is for busy small and medium businesses that already keep records. It reads the records you have, in a database, a spreadsheet or a till system, and lets you ask about your business in plain words.
Most tools ask you to type your business in again. Deploy starts from what you already have and sits beside the tools you use, so nothing is replaced. Every answer shows where it came from, so you can check the numbers.
AfCEN runs Deploy with people, not only software. A named member of the Deploy team sets it up with you, and Mansa, AfCEN's assistant, holds the first conversation.
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A look inside AfCEN Deploy. Select a picture to see it full size.
Introductory video coming soon
Until then, ask MANSA for a quick tour of AfCEN Deploy.
How it works
From first visit to results.
Tell us how your business works
A 10-minute conversation on your phone or computer. You see a short summary and can correct anything.
Look around straight away
A demo workspace with sample records opens as soon as you finish, with a tracker showing where your setup is.
Get your proposal within 2 days
What Deploy will do, what it costs and what stays yours, on one page, from a named person on the team.
Go live 3 to 5 days later
The team connects your records with you. Your workspace opens with your business's name on it.
What you can do with it
Ask in plain words
Ask how much came in last month and get the answer, with a chart when it helps.
Know who owes you
Every unpaid balance, how much and how late.
See what is running low
Stock levels from your own records, before a customer asks for what is gone.
Keep a report
Put answers together and save them as a document, such as a PDF for your accountant, partner or bank.
Staff access
Add staff and decide what each person sees. Money questions stay with the owner unless shared.
Coming next
Replies to customer messages on topics you allow, quotes and invoices, and VAT worked out from purchase records. Nothing switches on without you.
Who it’s for
Shops (retail, hardware, pharmacies, agro-dealers, spare parts)
Who owes them, what to restock and what sold, from their own records.
Wholesalers and distributors selling on credit
Unpaid balances and how late they are, in one answer.
Hotels, guest houses, restaurants and cafés
Plain-word answers and saved reports from the records they already keep.
Service businesses that bill clients
A view of what came in and who still owes, without moving to a new system.
Connected to the AfCEN intelligence layer
Businesses on Deploy can see the projects and opportunities around them through the same AfCEN intelligence layer.
Works hand in hand with
Intelligence workspace
PreviewYour own workspace on the AfCEN intelligence layer: ask MANSA, explore the Atlas map, screen projects and keep what matters.
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NextGen
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Questions people ask
Do I have to move my records?
No. Deploy reads them where they are and never changes or deletes them.
What if my records are in a notebook?
That is fine. The team helps you move them into a spreadsheet first.
What does it cost?
It is free for 90 days, then a monthly price set by your plan. Your proposal shows the price before you agree, and nothing is charged until you say yes.
Is my data kept private?
Each business's records are kept apart. You choose which sources Deploy reads, one by one, and you can download your reports and history at any time.
How do I get help?
Message the team on WhatsApp or send an email.
Get started with AfCEN Deploy
Start with a 10-minute chat with Mansa at deploy.africacen.org; your demo workspace opens straight after.
