Company profile
Pesapal Limited
Founded in 2009, Pesapal Limited is a regulated financial technology company incorporated in Kenya and licensed as a payment service provider by the Central Bank of Kenya. Headquartered in Nairobi, Pesapal designs and operates payment infrastructure that enables electronic transactions via card, mobile money, and multi-channel platforms. The company serves a diverse clientele across the retail, hospitality, travel, petroleum, and manufacturing sectors, offering digital and in-person payment solutions, point-of-sale (POS) terminals, online payment gateways, and business management tools including merchant credit and analytics.
- Sector
- Financial services / Payments Infrastructure, B2B Payments
- Markets
- Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi
- Founded
- 2009
- Ownership
- Private
- Stage
- Scale-up
- Employees
- 201-500
- Business model
- B2B2C, B2B Transactional, Financial Services, Subscription
Products and services
Online Payment Gateway, Pesapal Sabi POS terminals, Pesapal Mobile App, e-invoicing solutions, Openfloat, Drive (digital fleet fuel management platform), merchant credit, Ticketsasa (ticketing and reservations platform)
Transactions
| Date | Transaction | Type | Value | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Sep 2026 | KCB Group acquires a 22.23% stake in Pesapal's operations in East Africa | Corporate Transactions, Venture Capital | Undisclosed | Uganda |
Source: Partner Researchers.