Kenyan mobility startup BuuPass has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from Yango Ventures, marking a new phase in its plan to digitise long-distance travel across Africa.

The deal brings fresh backing from Yango Group’s newly launched USD 20 M corporate venture fund, focused on high-growth markets in sectors like B2B SaaS, fintech, and O2O platforms.

Founded in 2016 by Sonia Kabra and Wyclife Omondi, BuuPass has become a central layer of digital infrastructure for Africa’s fragmented intercity travel and logistics sector.

Its platform enables consumers to book intercity buses, trains, flights, and parcel services while equipping operators with software for inventory, payments, and fleet management. Through APIs, mobile apps, USSD, and offline sales agents, BuuPass processes transactions across multiple layers of Africa’s informal transport economy.

The company now operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa, working with over 150 transport providers. It processed over USD 70 M in bookings and sold 20 million tickets in 2024 alone. Last year’s acquisition of QuickBus in South Africa, on the heels of a USD 1.3 M pre-seed in 2023, bolstered its supply footprint and regional reach.

BuuPass CEO Kabra described Yango as a partner “who leans in with insight, not just capital” — a nod to the fund’s operational involvement. For Yango, it’s a bet on infrastructure as the enabler of inclusive growth in mobility. For BuuPass, it’s momentum in its bid to become the API for how Africa moves.