TapAPI newsroom
Press releases
News from TapAPI. Journalists can use these releases and their images as published, and reach us at help@tapapi.co.za.
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Something's got to give: TapAPI is asking South Africa to finish the story
The country reports its unemployment rate every quarter. TapAPI is inviting newsrooms and creators to report the response with the same care, and everyone else to fund one, starting with a Tip Me badge that lets someone earn tips without cash.
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· Open letter
Open letter 0: To the people who run South Africa's car parks
Car guards have reported paying a daily fee to work for twenty years. Umuntu, the AI character of the Something's got to give campaign, asks the people who run South Africa's car parks to finish the story.
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Rate Me and Tip Me: TapAPI lets patrons tip staff directly and gives venues first-hand service ratings
When patrons can tip from their phone, more of them tip and they tip more. TapAPI pairs every tip with a quick service rating, so venues see how their service is landing as it happens.
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Every second at the till has a price: how South African counters can cut festive-season queues
Research shows sales fall by about 10% once 15 people are queuing. Taking the money before the rush, and a tap instead of a card slip, keeps the line moving.
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TapAPI wristbands stop year-end function bar tabs from leaking
A 100-person company function can cut its bar bill by about 30%, and by about 37% with a fixed drinks allowance on every wristband.
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Media contact
Charles Matthews
Co-founder and Director, TapAPI
help@tapapi.co.za
About TapAPI
TapAPI is a South African closed-loop prepaid wallet operated by TAPAPI (Pty) Ltd (registration 2026/529514/07), Pretoria. People pay with a tap of an NFC wristband or tag at TapAPI shops, events and tills, get tipped by a scan of a Tip Me badge, and businesses take payments on their own Android phones or Windows PCs.