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title: "Ipay: Utility Billing in Kenya & South Africa"
description: "Manage electricity, gas and water meters, tariffs and customers; run STS prepaid vending, postpaid billing and card/EFT payments with 24-hour access."
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published_at: "2026-10-22T15:56:35.549Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-22T16:29:04.664Z"
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# Ipay: Utility Billing in Kenya & South Africa

Manage electricity, gas and water meters, tariffs and customers; run STS prepaid vending, postpaid billing and card/EFT payments with 24-hour access.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities)
- [BizSwitch](/bizswitch)

## Summary

Meter management and utility payments for prepaid and postpaid services

A SaaS platform for utilities and vending providers to manage meters, tariffs, and customers while processing prepaid vending, postpaid billing, and EFT payments.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.ipay.co.za/ |
| Tagline | Meter management and utility payments for prepaid and postpaid services |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

BizSwitch is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) utility-management and transaction-processing platform for utilities, sub-metering providers, and vending networks that sell and bill electricity, gas, and water services.

Key capabilities include:
- **Meter and account management** for electricity, gas, and water, covering **tariffs**, **customers**, and **auxiliary accounts**
- **Prepaid vending and postpaid billing** with **24-hour access** to top-ups and billing for **STS**, **smart**, and **proprietary meters**
- **Payments and collections** including **debit card**, **credit card**, and other **EFT transaction acquiring**, plus **third-party bill payment** collection
- **Operational tools and channels** such as **field forms** for data capture and field-team task tracking by **time and location**, **prepaid airtime** top-ups, and support for **third-party point-of-sale terminals** for utility top-ups and bill payments

Available via **Web** as a SaaS platform.

Target users include **private utilities (sub-metering)**, **public utilities**, **third-party vending customers**, and **retailers with direct sales devices**.

Notable in the African market context, iPay is **South Africa-based** (founded in **2003**) and positions the platform for utility prepaid and payments use cases, listing certifications such as **PCI**, **STS**, **Eskom XmlVend conformance**, **ISO**, and **BEE**, and referencing work delivered or customised for organisations including the **City of Cape Town**, **Kenya Power**, **Pick n Pay**, **Itron**, and **Atrias**.

## Features

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Bill Payments](/tags/bill-payments): Product feature or technology
- [SaaS](/tags/saas): Product feature or technology
- [Smart Metering](/tags/smart-metering): Product feature or technology
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/bizswitch/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/bizswitch/reviews)
- [Transparency](/bizswitch/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/bizswitch)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)