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Triply

Winter 2024 · Active

Operating system for travel businesses in Africa with embedded finance

Location: Nairobi, Kenya, KE

Founded: 2021

Team size: 18

About

Triply (Formerly Tripitaca) is the operating system for travel businesses in Africa. We eliminate operational chaos by unifying payments, Invoicing, payroll, accounting, operations, and more into a single platform allowing travel businesses to execute and sell more efficiently.

Founders

  • Peter WachiraFounder

    Peter is an entrepreneur with a passion for empowering communities and reshaping the travel industry. Started my first company at 18, focusing on providing essential goods and services to low-income households through a BNPL model, exited. I pivoted to the travel sector, founding a leading vacation rental management company. Recognizing the challenges faced by travel businesses, I am now building Tripitaca, the operating system for travel businesses in Africa.

  • Collins MuthinjaFounder

    With over a decade of coding expertise, I'm a seasoned software engineer who cut my teeth at a leading insuretech firm, where I played a key role in building payment rails. Co-founder of a successful BNPL startup later acquired, I now drive innovation as I build the operating system for travel businesses in Africa, seamlessly embedding finance solutions.