Ticketsasa Review: Pros, Cons & Alternatives for Event Ticketing

Ticketsasa is one of several event ticketing options in Kenya. Here’s a short review and how it compares to alternatives like SoldOutAfrica, so you can choose the right platform.

Ticketsasa at a glance

• Pros: Kenyan presence, event ticketing, and M-Pesa support. Familiar to some organizers and buyers.
• Cons: As with any platform, compare setup time, fees, and feature set to your needs. Some alternatives offer faster go-live and more organizer tools.

Alternatives to consider

SoldOutAfrica

Event-first platform with M-Pesa, fast setup, and organizer tools (affiliates, analytics). Strong option if you want to go live quickly and focus on events only.

Pesapal Events

Good if you already use Pesapal for other payments and want one provider for events and gateways. M-Pesa and event management included.

Mtickets

Established Kenyan ticketing brand. Suitable if you prefer a long-standing local name and your partners already use it.

Comparison table

Platform	M-Pesa	Setup	Organizer tools
Ticketsasa	Yes	Varies	Standard
SoldOutAfrica	Yes	Fast	Dashboards, affiliates
Pesapal Events	Yes	1–2 days	Event management
Mtickets	Yes	~1 day	Yes

Best Ticketsasa alternative for speed and tools

If you want minimal setup and event-focused features, SoldOutAfrica is a strong alternative.

Read the complete guide to event ticketing in Kenya for more comparisons.

Questions worth asking any incumbent

Ticketsasa has been in the Kenyan market a long time, which brings real advantages — buyer familiarity and a track record that newer platforms cannot claim. It also means terms that were set years ago and may not have moved.

Ask for these in an email rather than a call:

• Fee per ticket, and whether card and M-Pesa processing sit inside or outside it
• Settlement timing — at sale or after the event, and how many days
• Withdrawal fees and minimum balances
• Whether your attendee list is exportable, and in what format

That last one matters more than organizers expect. Your attendee list is the most valuable asset any event produces, and it is the reason you eventually stop paying for reach.

Where we are different

5% per ticket sold, settled in realtime, with no monthly subscription and no per-payout fee.

More importantly, we take a position on your event rather than just processing its payments. Event prefinancing covers the venue deposit and artist advance before you sell a ticket, repaid from revenue as it comes in. Attribution shows which channel produced each sale so your next event costs less to fill. And trained gate teams arrive already knowing the system, so you are not recruiting scanners the week of the show.

Go to the organizer portal → — 5% per ticket sold, no monthly fee, no listing fee. Tell us what you are planning in the next six months and we will tell you what we can front.