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6 articles in the archive.
Why most ERP projects fail in Ghanaian SMEs (and how to avoid it)
A short field guide for owner‑managers thinking about their first real ERP — what to budget for, who to talk to, and which traps to side‑step.
Self‑hosted or cloud? A clear answer for clinics and pharmacies
It’s not about which is “better” — it’s about uptime, regulators, your bandwidth, and where the data needs to live. Here’s how we choose.
Building POS systems that survive power cuts and bad networks
Five engineering decisions that turn a fragile point‑of‑sale into one that just works — even when the lights flicker.
The migration checklist we run before cutting over to a new system
Twenty‑six items, none of them optional. The one we forgot once cost a client three days of reconciliation.
Build vs buy: a decision tree for African SMEs
Off‑the‑shelf is usually right. Custom is sometimes right. Here’s the question set we walk clients through before they spend a cedi.
Ten years of iRedyLabs — what we got right, what we got wrong
A founder’s reflection on a decade of shipping software in Ghana, and the small handful of habits that mattered most.