B2B travel tech startup Tripesa has announced it has secured a pre seed round (undisclosed) to support the company’s go to market in Uganda and Kenya before expanding to the rest of Africa.
Investors who participated in the round include Eric Osiakwan, Future Africa, Consonance Investment Managers and LTNT Investments.
Tripesa enables small business owners in tourism and hospitality sell online and manage their entire business operations on a simple no-code platform. The platform allows a micro and small to medium sized enterprise (MSME) in tourism with no tech background to build and manage a website, accept bookings and payments and access a customer relationship management dashboard.
Tripesa says it currently has over 260 tourism businesses in Uganda and Kenya on the platform. Africa’s tourism and hospitality market is valued at over US$35 billion annually and employs over 24 million people across multiple sub-sectors like tour operators, travel agencies, tour guides, car hire companies, curio shops, museums, events, small hotels and restaurants.
“The new normal for us is enabling small players run their businesses from anywhere and serve customers round the clock with our localized travel and financial technology platform” said David Gonahasa, co-founder and CEO of Tripesa.
