Pesapal Announces Partnership With Drift Consult

Pesapal has partnered with Drift Consult to launch Rack Hospitality, a commerce platform aimed at integrating payments and operations for bars and restaurants in Kenya.

Rack Hospitality combines order management, kitchen workflows, inventory control, billing, and payments within a single system. The platform is designed to help hospitality businesses manage transactions across dine-in and online channels while reducing reliance on separate tools for point of sale, online ordering, kitchen operations, and payment processing.

Developed by Drift Consult and integrated with Pesapal’s payments infrastructure, the platform enables restaurants to capture orders across channels, route them to kitchen display systems, generate and retrieve bills, print receipts, track inventory at ingredient level, and reconcile payments within a unified reporting environment.

For bars, the system allows staff to post bills in real time, split bills, retrieve tabs, and print final receipts without switching between systems. The integration is intended to improve service speed and billing accuracy, particularly during high-traffic periods.

The combined operational and payments data is structured within a single reporting framework, giving operators visibility into sales, settlements, and inventory performance. This consolidated data environment can support forecasting, margin tracking, and access to financial services.

Ferdinand Eloto, Co-Founder of Drift Consult, said the platform was developed to address fragmentation in hospitality technology stacks by bringing ordering, kitchen management, inventory, billing, and payments into one workflow.

Agosta Liko, Founder of Pesapal, said the partnership reflects a move beyond standalone payments toward integrated commerce solutions tailored to hospitality businesses.

Hospitality is among the growing SME segments in Kenya, with increasing demand for mobile payments and real-time reporting tools. As transaction volumes rise and hybrid service models that combine dine-in and digital channels become more common, integrated systems are becoming more relevant for operators seeking operational efficiency and transaction visibility.

Rack Hospitality has been piloted in selected bar and restaurant environments and is now being rolled out more broadly to qualifying partners. The platform is available to hospitality operators in Kenya, with plans for regional availability.