Total Cost & ROI
What does this cost? What can you earn?
Real Tanzanian prices for three real starter scenarios. Router, internet, VunaFlow subscription, capacity, and revenue — every number sourced and honest.
Starter Pilot
1 hotspot · Small shop, salon, café
MikroTik hAP lite (RB941-2nD-TC)
One-time investment
RouterTSh 90,000
Setup & deploymentFREE
Total to startTSh 90,000
Monthly running cost
VunaFlow subscriptionTSh 10,000
Internet (local fibre 30Mbps)TSh 60,000
Monthly totalTSh 70,000
15–20
concurrent users
~40 m
indoor range
Revenue potential
TSh 200k – 360k/mo
at TSh 500/hr or TSh 1,000/day vouchers, ~40% utilization
Break-even in Month 1
Most Popular
Growth ISP
3 hotspots · Plaza, estate, school
MikroTik hAP ac² × 3 (RBD52G)
One-time investment
3 × Routers @ TSh 190,000TSh 570,000
Setup & deploymentFREE
Total to startTSh 570,000
Monthly running cost
VunaFlow (3 routers)TSh 30,000
Internet (local fibre 100Mbps)TSh 100,000
Monthly totalTSh 130,000
90–150
concurrent users
~60 m
range per node
Revenue potential
TSh 900k – 1.6M/mo
at TSh 500/hr or TSh 1,000/day vouchers, ~50% utilization
Break-even in ~3 weeks
Scaled ISP
10 hotspots · Township, campus, mall
MikroTik hAP ax² × 10 (Wi-Fi 6)
One-time investment
10 × Routers @ TSh 450,000TSh 4,500,000
Setup & deploymentFREE
Total to startTSh 4,500,000
Monthly running cost
VunaFlow UnlimitedTSh 60,000
Internet (business fibre 100Mbps)TSh 200,000
Monthly totalTSh 260,000
600–1000
concurrent users
~80 m
range per node
Revenue potential
TSh 4M – 8M/mo
at TSh 500/hr or TSh 1,000/day vouchers, ~50% utilization
Break-even in ~6 weeks
Real numbers, not marketing fluff. Router and internet figures are estimates converted from current Kenyan retail prices at about TSh 20 per KSh, rounded; confirm with your local supplier. The VunaFlow fee is the real Tanzanian price. Revenue ranges are conservative estimates based on East African hotspot operator averages.
VunaFlow takes 0% of customer payments. Standard mobile-money transaction fees apply directly to your till. Talk to us on WhatsApp for help choosing the right tier for your location.