Pesapal rolls out a digital fleet fuel management platform for businesses in East Africa

By Eunice WAWUDA

Pesapal has launched Drive, a digital fleet fuel management platform designed to address fuel theft, transaction fraud, and tracking challenges faced by businesses across East Africa.

Across the region, fuel consistently ranks as one of the highest operating costs for businesses, yet most companies still rely on paper logbooks, phone calls to approve fueling, and monthly reconciliations that never quite add up.

The result? Losses that quietly drain profits and fleet managers who spend more time chasing receipts than running operations.

Drive addresses these challenges by providing businesses with real-time control and visibility over every fuel transaction across their fleet

“Over time, businesses have had to choose between trusting blindly or micromanaging manually when it comes to managing their fleet,” said Agosta Liko, CEO of Pesapal.

“Drive removes that trade-off. As a business owner, you can now see exactly where your fuel money goes, stop losses before they happen and finally run your fleet the way it should be run,” he added.

Drive is designed ground-up for the unique realities of doing business in East Africa, where mobile money is king, fuel stations can run out of stock, and businesses need solutions that work across borders without the complexity.

Already piloted successfully in Nairobi and now expanding regionally, Drive integrates directly with Pesapal’s Forecourt Management Solution (FMS) which is powering digital fueling and payments at over 200 stations across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Zambia.

Businesses register their vehicles and drivers, then set custom fueling rules such as limits by vehicle, daily caps, approval requirements, whatever the business needs.

When a driver pulls up to any partner fuel station, the system instantly verifies the vehicle, checks the limits, processes the transaction, and logs everything automatically.

No more phone approvals, lost receipts or surprise fuel bills at month-end.

All transactions are documented for audit and compliance purposes. Fleet managers get a live dashboard showing every fueling event; finance teams get automated invoices and account statements; and business owners get peace of mind.