I am working on a project that would require an unbranded POS, where can I get one to purchase in Lagos?
If by “unbranded POS” you mean a POS
terminal that is not locked to Moniepoint, Opay, PalmPay, Kuda, etc.,
and that you can customize with your own fintech, payment solution, or
software, then you should be looking for generic Android POS terminals such
as Sunmi, Nexgo, New8210, PAX, or similar OEM devices.
Some reliable places in Lagos where you can inquire:
Recommended Suppliers
- POS
Shop Ltd — They specialize in POS hardware and payment terminal
solutions and may be able to supply OEM/unbranded units suitable for
custom deployment.
- POS
warehouse and automated Ltd — Focused on POS terminals and related
equipment on Lagos Island.
- Android
POS Terminal(Scaling ideas Nigeria Limited) — Supplies Android-based
POS devices and could be worth contacting for white-label options.
- Switch
payment solutions Nigeria LTD (Android and button POS terminal) —
Offers both Android and traditional POS terminals.
- Westgate
Technologies Lagos — Large ICT hardware supplier in Ikeja that may
source POS hardware in volume.
Available POS Hardware Models in Nigeria
These are examples of devices currently being sold in Lagos:
|
Model |
Approximate Price |
Notes |
|
Nexgo G3 POS |
₦60,000+ |
Android payment terminal suitable for customization. |
|
NEW8210 POS Terminal |
₦43,500–₦63,000+ |
Common banking-grade terminal used in Nigeria. |
|
Sunmi P3 POS |
₦260,000+ |
Premium Android smart POS device. |
|
CAPTURE Scorpion Mobile POS |
₦529,155+ |
Enterprise-grade Android mobile POS. |
Important Before You Buy
For a custom POS project, ask the supplier:
- Can
the device be supplied without bank branding?
- Is
the device SDK/API accessible?
- Can
you install your own APK/application?
- Is
it PCI-certified if card payments will be processed?
- Is
there a bulk purchase discount if you're deploying
multiple units?
- Can they
provide OEM/white-label branding (your logo, startup
name, packaging, etc.)?
Since you're working on a project, the best starting points
would be POS Shop Ltd and POS warehouse and automated Ltd because
they appear closer to the type of white-label/OEM POS sourcing you're likely
looking for.
Can you tell me whether your project is:
- a
fintech/payment startup,
- an
inventory/retail POS software project,
- a
school payment system,
- or an
agency banking solution?
That will help me point you to the exact type of terminal
and integration route.
A school payment system
For a school payment system, I would actually
recommend going beyond a regular bank-branded POS and getting either:
- A white-label
Android POS terminal where you can install your own school payment
application.
- A SoftPOS
solution (Android phone/tablet acting as a payment terminal).
- A
custom integration with providers like Paystack or Nomba for fee
collection and reconciliation.
Best Places to Source the Hardware in Lagos
POS Shop Ltd
4.5•Computer hardware manufacturer•Closed
Website•Directions•0700 767 7467
This is probably one of the better places to discuss:
- Unbranded
terminals
- OEM
devices
- Bulk
deployment
- SDK-enabled
Android POS devices
They are experienced with payment hardware and enterprise
deployments.
Android POS Terminal(Scaling ideas Nigeria Limited)
5.0•Office equipment supplier•Open
Directions•0706 905 3960
Useful if you specifically want Android POS devices where
you can install your own APK and connect your own backend.
Switch payment solutions Nigeria LTD (Android and button
POS terminal)
Office equipment supplier•Closed
Directions•0814 703 8585
Good option if you want both Android smart terminals and
traditional POS hardware.
TTtech POS
POS terminal supplier•Closed
Website•Directions•0816 014 0445
Located in Computer Village, Ikeja, where many hardware
distributors source POS devices. You may get better pricing there for multiple
units.
School Payment Architecture I Would Recommend
For schools, a more scalable setup is:
Parent
↓
Android POS
↓
School Payment App
↓
Payment Gateway
(Paystack / Nomba / Paga)
↓
School Dashboard
↓
Receipt + Student Record
This allows:
- School
fees payment
- Acceptance
fees
- Hostel
fees
- Exam
registration fees
- PTA
dues
- Instant
receipts
- Automatic
reconciliation
- Student
payment history
Payment Partners Worth Talking To
Paystack Payments Limited
3.8•Corporate office•Closed
Website•Directions•0201 631 6160
Paystack already supports physical terminals and
school-style payment reconciliation features. Their terminal infrastructure can
integrate with existing systems.
Nomba
4.3•Corporate office•Closed
Website•Directions•0201 888 8866
Offers payment APIs, merchant tools, and POS infrastructure
that can be adapted for institutional collections.
Xpress Payment Solutions Limited
4.6•Software company•Open
Directions•16312430
Well known in Nigeria for bill payments, educational
payments, and institutional collections.
Device Models to Ask For
When contacting suppliers, specifically ask for:
- SUNMI
V2
- SUNMI
V2 Pro
- SUNMI
P2
- Nexgo
G3
- NEW8210
Android POS
- PAX
A920
Android-based POS devices are widely used because custom
applications can be installed directly on them. Community discussions around
SUNMI devices also highlight strong SDK support for printing and custom POS
development.
My recommendation for a school project would be:
SUNMI V2 Pro + Paystack API + Custom School Dashboard
It gives you:
- Card
payments
- Transfers
- Receipt
printing
- Student
verification
- Real-time
reporting
- Easy
scaling across multiple campuses
If this is for Covenant University, a private secondary school, or another institution, I can also help you design the full workflow (student authentication, fee categories, receipts, reconciliation, parent portal, and admin dashboard).
You can check whether a phone has NFC (Near Field
Communication) in several ways:
Method 1: Check in Settings (Best Method)
On Android
Go to:
Settings → Connected devices → Connection preferences →
NFC
Or search directly in Settings:
- Open Settings
- Tap
the search icon
- Type “NFC”
If the phone supports NFC, you’ll see:
- NFC
- Contactless
payments
- Tap
& Pay
- Wallet
& NFC
On iPhone
All iPhones from:
- iPhone
7 and newer support NFC.
For Apple devices, NFC is built into:
- Apple
Inc. Pay
- Wallet
- Tap-to-pay
features
Method 2: Look in Quick Settings
Swipe down from the top of the phone screen.
Look for:
- NFC
- Contactless
- Tap
& Pay
If you see the NFC toggle, the phone supports it.
Method 3: Check the Phone Specifications Online
Search:
“[Phone model] NFC”
Examples:
- “Infinix
Hot 40 NFC”
- “Samsung
A15 NFC”
Reliable spec sites:
Look under:
- Connectivity
- NFC
Method 4: Dialer Code (Some Android Phones)
Some Android phones show hardware info with:
*#0*#
or
*#*#4636#*#*
Not all manufacturers support this.
Important for Your School POS Project
If you want to use:
- Tap-to-pay
- Contactless
cards
- SoftPOS
- NFC
student ID cards
- Android
phone as POS terminal
Then the phone MUST have:
- NFC
hardware
- Android
10+
- Google
certification (recommended)
Brands Commonly Supporting NFC
Most midrange and flagship phones from:
- Samsung
- Google
Pixel
- Xiaomi
- Tecno (selected
models)
- Infinix (selected
models)
support NFC.
Budget phones often do NOT include it.
If you tell me:
- the
exact phone model,
- or
the phones you plan to buy for the project,
I can tell you whether they support NFC and whether they’re suitable for SoftPOS or school payment deployment.
Is it possible to test the project with a branded POS
Yes — absolutely. In fact, for a school payment
system prototype, starting with a branded POS is often the fastest and
cheapest way to validate your idea before investing in unbranded/OEM terminals.
You can test with:
- Moniepoint
Inc. POS
- Opay
Digital Services Limited POS
- PalmPay
Limited POS
- Nomba terminals
- Generic
Android POS devices already configured by providers
But there are important limitations.
What You CAN Test
With a branded Android POS, you can still test:
1. School Payment Workflow
- Student
ID entry
- Fee
category selection
- Receipt
generation
- Parent
confirmation
- Payment
verification
- Backend
synchronization
2. User Experience
- How
cashiers use the system
- Queue
management
- Receipt
printing flow
- Student
lookup speed
3. Backend Infrastructure
- Database
- APIs
- Payment
reconciliation
- Dashboards
- Notifications
4. External Payment Integration
You can integrate:
using:
- transfer
confirmation
- USSD
- QR
payment
- payment
links
- virtual
accounts
even before direct card integration.
Main Limitation
Most branded POS terminals:
- lock
the operating system,
- prevent
installation of custom APKs,
- restrict
SDK access,
- or
disable developer mode.
So you may NOT be able to:
- install
your own Android app,
- control
the card reader,
- directly
trigger card payments,
- or
access printer APIs.
Best Practical Strategy for You
Phase 1 — Prototype (Recommended)
Use:
- an
NFC-enabled Android phone/tablet,
- or a
branded Android POS,
- with
your custom school payment app.
Simulate:
- payments,
- receipt
printing,
- student
verification,
- and
reconciliation.
This validates the business logic.
Phase 2 — Payment Integration
Then integrate:
- Paystack
Terminal API,
- Nomba
APIs,
- or
Flutterwave collections.
This allows real transactions without needing full
hardware-level POS control initially.
Phase 3 — OEM/White-label POS
After the concept works:
- buy
SUNMI/PAX/Nexgo terminals,
- deploy
your APK,
- enable
NFC/contactless,
- connect
receipt printer SDK,
- and
fully customize the experience.
A Better Alternative for MVP
For a school project, I would actually suggest:
Android Phone + Bluetooth Printer
instead of buying expensive POS hardware immediately.
Setup:
Android Phone
+
School Payment App
+
Paystack/Flutterwave
+
Bluetooth Thermal Printer
Advantages:
- Much
cheaper
- Easier
to develop
- Faster
testing
- More
flexible
- Easier
debugging
- Easier
updates
Then later migrate to dedicated POS hardware.
What Many Nigerian Startups Actually Do
Many fintech startups first build on:
- standard
Android phones,
- tablets,
- or
SoftPOS,
before moving to:
- SUNMI,
- PAX,
- or
custom Android POS terminals.
That reduces cost and development complexity early on.
For your school payment system, this is likely the smartest route initially.
I am working on a biometric attendance capture system that would automatically capture student data on Google sheet as a backend database
That is very possible — and actually a smart architecture
for an MVP or institutional pilot.
Your setup can work like this:
Fingerprint Device / NFC / Face ID
↓
Android App or Web App
↓
Google Apps Script API
↓
Google Sheets Database
↓
Dashboard / Reports / Notifications
For a school environment, this is practical because:
- Google
Sheets is easy to manage,
- it
supports real-time updates,
- it
reduces backend hosting cost,
- and
it integrates well with attendance analytics.
Recommended Architecture
Option 1 — Android Phone + Biometric Device (Best MVP)
Hardware
- Android
phone/tablet
- Fingerprint
scanner OR NFC card reader
- Optional
thermal printer
Software
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
frontend
- Google
Apps Script backend
- Google
Sheets database
This is the cheapest and fastest way to start.
Ways to Capture Attendance
A. Fingerprint Scanner
Students place fingerprint:
Fingerprint → Match Student → Save Attendance → Google
Sheets
Common devices:
- ZKTeco fingerprint
scanners
- Digital
Persona readers
These are common in Nigerian schools.
B. NFC Student ID Card (Highly Recommended)
Each student gets:
- NFC
card
- RFID
tag
- Smart
ID card
Student taps card:
Tap Card → Read UID → Match Student → Save Attendance
Advantages:
- Faster
- Cheaper
- Easier
than biometrics
- Lower
error rate
- Works
with NFC-enabled Android phones
This is what many schools eventually adopt.
C. Face Recognition
Using:
- Android
camera
- AI
face recognition
- Cloud
matching
Possible, but:
- more
complex,
- requires
better lighting,
- higher
development cost.
Google Sheets as Backend
You can store:
|
Student ID |
Name |
Department |
Time In |
Time Out |
Device |
Date |
Using:
- Google
Sheets
- Google
Apps Script
Why Google Apps Script is Powerful Here
You can:
- create
APIs,
- receive
attendance data,
- automate
timestamps,
- send
emails,
- generate
reports,
- trigger
SMS/WhatsApp notifications.
Example flow:
function doPost(e) {
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById("SHEET_ID")
.getSheetByName("Attendance");
var data = JSON.parse(e.postData.contents);
sheet.appendRow([
data.studentId,
data.name,
new Date()
]);
return ContentService
.createTextOutput("Success");
}
Your Android app sends:
{
"studentId": "CU/2025/001",
"name": "John Doe"
}
and attendance is automatically recorded.
Technologies I Recommend
Frontend
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- or
React
Mobile
- Android
Studio
- Flutter
- or
PWA (Progressive Web App)
Backend
- Google
Apps Script
Database
- Google
Sheets initially
- later
migrate to:
- Google Firebase
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
Very Important Recommendation
For biometrics:
DO NOT store raw fingerprints directly in Google Sheets.
Instead:
- store
template IDs,
- student
unique identifiers,
- or
verification tokens.
This is safer and more scalable.
Hardware Suggestions in Nigeria
For your prototype:
Budget MVP
- Android
phone with NFC
- NFC
student cards
- Google
Sheets backend
This is the easiest path.
More Advanced
- ZKTeco biometric
terminal
- Android
POS terminal
- fingerprint
SDK
- custom
app
What I Would Personally Recommend
For a school deployment:
Start With:
NFC Attendance System
Why?
- Faster
than fingerprints
- Lower
maintenance
- Lower
cost
- Easier
deployment
- Easier
scaling
- Better
student throughput
Then later:
- add
fingerprint verification for exams,
- hostel
access,
- or
secure attendance validation.
Your Final Architecture Could Become
Student NFC Card
↓
Android POS / Tablet
↓
Attendance App
↓
Google Apps Script API
↓
Google Sheets
↓
Admin Dashboard
↓
Reports / SMS / Email
This is absolutely deployable in Nigerian schools and
universities.
Since you already work around educational systems and LMS
environments, you are actually well-positioned to build this successfully.
