Beba connects businesses across East Africa with a trusted network of vetted transporters, from boda bodas to trucks and cargo planes, and handles every job from pickup to proof of delivery.
Illustration: a miniature freight depot on the edge of Nairobi at dawn. Lorries, trailers and pickups move along the roads, a crate is set onto a blue-and-white Beba lorry, a cargo plane passes overhead, and a blue route line draws itself towards the horizon.
How a shipment works
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Step 1: Find the right vehicle
Browse vetted transporters by price and availability, post your job and let them bid, or book space on a truck already scheduled for your route.
12 sacks of maize flour · 600 kg · to Mombasa, Thursday (example)
Quick selection · browse vetted transporters by price and availability
Broadcast · post your job, transporters bid
Scheduled route · space on a lorry already booked to Mombasa on Thursday
Illustration: A customer's pin appears over a business in Nairobi. Three transporter routes glow and one connects to the pin.
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Step 2: Agree the price
Settle it in the chat, on a call or by voice note. You and the transporter confirm the same amount before anything moves.
Customer: Can you take 600 kg to Mombasa on Thursday?
Transporter, voice note: 0:09 · KES 18,000
Customer: KES 16,500 and it's yours.
Agreed price (example)KES 16,500
Customer confirmed Transporter confirmed
Illustration: Chat and voice-note bubbles pass between the customer and the transporter, the price settles in shillings, and both confirmations lock in.
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Step 3: Loaded, on the record
You pay up front and Beba holds it. Live photos at loading show exactly what left, and only then does half go to the transporter.
Live loading photo, confirmed by both sides
Paid by the customer: KES 16,500
Released to transporter at loading
KES 8,250
Held by Beba until delivery
The rest
Illustration: A camera flash as the loading photo is taken over the crate, and the payment bar shows half released to the transporter.
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Step 4: Track every kilometre
Follow your cargo live on the map. Your receiver can too, on a web link, without needing the app.
Nairobi → MombasaArriving
The receiver follows the same truck on a secure web link, no app needed.
Illustration: The lorry climbs past the Rift Valley escarpment and down to the coast while a receiver follows it on a phone.
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Step 5: Delivered, with proof
A live delivery photo and your receiver's signature confirm the drop-off. Only then does Beba release the rest of the payment.
Receiver's signature and a live delivery photo on the driver's phone.
Released to transporter at loading
KES 8,250
Released to transporter on delivery
The rest
Payment complete
Illustration: At a Mombasa yard the receiver signs on the driver's phone, the cargo is unloaded and the payment completes.
Coming next
Beba for Business
Your cargo needs truck space now. Finding trucks isn't the hold-up; paying the drivers is. Drivers want payment when they deliver, but your payments go through approvals, so the cargo waits. Beba takes the wait out.
1Tell us what needs to move, where to, and how many trucks it takes.
2We bring the trucks and drivers from the Beba network, so your cargo moves on your schedule.
3We pay the drivers on delivery. You pay one invoice, on your normal terms.
Your business: cargo moves now, one invoice on your termsThe drivers: paid by Beba on delivery
Illustration: a business's cargo is delivered to its warehouses by Beba lorries. As each delivery lands, Beba pays that driver with a green payment pulse, and a single invoice travels to the business's office, where it waits on its normal payment terms.
Get your cargo moving
Tell us what needs to move and we'll come back with trucks, timing and a price. Drivers included; payment on your normal terms.
Built on trust
How Beba will work from day one. No badges, no small print: these are the checks every job goes through.
Vetted transporters
National ID, business registration, goods-in-transit insurance and proof of a physical base, checked before a transporter can take your job.
Live photos only
Loading and delivery photos are taken live in the app. Gallery uploads aren't accepted.
Payment held by Beba
You pay up front and Beba holds it: half goes to the transporter at loading, the rest only when your cargo is delivered.
The receiver signs
At drop-off the receiver signs on the driver's phone, and that releases the final payment.
Disputes decided on evidence
If something goes wrong, our team reviews the photos, the chat and the GPS trail before deciding.
Ratings both ways
Customers and owners rate each other after every job.
Your data
We handle personal data in line with Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019. Read the privacy policy.
For owners
For transport businesses with trucks and drivers: more loads on the routes you already run, and money that arrives when the work is done.
Planned a trip with space to spare? Post the route and let customers join it.
50% paid when the loading is confirmed, the rest on delivery.
Manage your fleet and drivers in one dashboard.
Same-day pay on Beba for Business jobs.
The fleet Beba works with
From a boda boda to a cargo plane. Each owner lists what their vehicles can carry; these are typical figures.
Drag a vehicle to turn it.
Boda boda
Parcels and small loads, up to about 100 kg.
Car
A few boxes or bags, up to about 300 kg.
Pickup
Around a tonne: furniture, produce, building materials.
Lorry
Roughly 3 to 15 tonnes, depending on its size.
Trailer
Full loads, up to about 28 tonnes.
Boat
Lake Victoria and coastal routes. Loads vary by vessel.
Cargo plane
Air freight for urgent or far-off cargo. Loads vary by aircraft.
Owners need the licences, permits and insurance their vehicles require to carry goods for hire.
On our roadmap
Every delivery makes the next one cheaper
Every completed job teaches Beba something: which routes run late, which trucks suit which loads, what a fair price looks like. More jobs mean better matching, fairer prices and fewer surprises, which brings more trust and more jobs. This is what we're building toward; none of it is running yet.
Jobs→
Insight→
Better matching→
Trust↺
Illustration: a slowly turning ring with four nodes (jobs, insight, better matching and trust), with particles of delivery data speeding it up.
Smarter matching
The right truck for each load, learned from every past delivery.
Fairer pricing
Prices that reflect the real route, load and timing, not guesswork.
Swahili and Sheng voice agents
Dispatch by voice note and WhatsApp, the way drivers already work.
Live corridor updates
Routes, congestion and delays, so every trip is planned on what's really happening.
The app, as it stands today
Screens from the current test build. Some details will change before launch.
1 of 6:Customer home screen with quick booking, broadcasting a request to owners, and browsing owners' planned routes.
Join the waitlist
Shipping goods, or running trucks? Tell us which and we'll invite you when Beba opens. The waitlist hears first.
Freight infrastructure for East Africa. A marketplace that connects customers shipping goods with verified transport owners, and Beba for Business, which gets businesses' cargo moving with trucks and drivers from the Beba network and lets them pay on their normal invoice terms.
How does payment work?
You pay the full agreed amount up front in the app (M-Pesa included) and Beba holds it. Half goes to the transporter when the live loading photos are confirmed, and the rest only when your receiver signs for delivery. Fees are set out in our terms.
How do I find a truck?
Three ways: browse vetted transporters by price and availability, post your job and let them bid, or book space on a truck already scheduled for your route.
Who gets verified, and how?
Every transporter is checked before they can take your job: national ID, business registration, goods-in-transit insurance and proof of a physical base. Loading and delivery photos must be taken live in the app.
Can the receiver track the delivery without the app?
Yes. The receiver gets a secure web link that shows the truck live, and signs on the driver's phone at drop-off.
Is my cargo insured?
Owners must hold goods-in-transit insurance to be verified on Beba.
What if something goes wrong?
Our team reviews the evidence (the live photos, the chat and the GPS trail) and works it through with both sides. You can reach us from the app or at support@beba.africa.
What is Beba for Business?
For businesses that need truck space for their cargo but can't pay drivers on the spot because payments go through approvals. Tell us what needs to move and how many trucks; we bring the trucks and drivers, pay the drivers on delivery, and you pay one invoice on your normal terms.
Which vehicles can join?
Boda bodas, cars, pickups, lorries, trailers, boats and cargo planes. Owners need the licences, permits and insurance their vehicles require to carry goods for hire.
What can I send?
Most legal, non-hazardous goods: produce, stock, furniture, building materials and parcels. Dangerous goods, illegal items and anything that needs a special permit aren't allowed.
When does Beba launch?
The marketplace is in development and Beba for Business comes next. We'll tell the waitlist first.
Talk to us
Questions, partnerships or press. Send a message, or email us directly.
