Pesapal Unveils Drive To Streamline Fleet Fuel Management

Pesapal has introduced Drive, a digital fleet fuel management platform aimed at helping businesses in East Africa reduce losses linked to fuel theft, fraud, and inefficient tracking systems.

Fuel remains one of the largest operating expenses for businesses across the region. Yet, many companies continue to rely on outdated methods such as paper logbooks, manual approvals, and end-of-month reconciliations, processes that often create room for inaccuracies and financial leakage.

Drive seeks to address these inefficiencies by offering real-time visibility and control over every fuel transaction. Through the platform, businesses can register vehicles and drivers, define fueling rules such as daily or per-vehicle limits, and automate approval workflows.

According to Pesapal CEO Agosta Liko, the platform aims to strike a balance between operational control and convenience.

“Businesses have had to choose between trusting blindly or micromanaging manually when it comes to managing their fleet. Drive removes that trade-off,” he said.

The system is integrated with Pesapal’s Forecourt Management Solution (FMS), which supports digital fueling and payments at over 200 fuel stations across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Zambia. This integration enables automatic verification of vehicles and drivers, transaction logging, and instant data capture for auditing and compliance.

Drive has already undergone pilot testing in Nairobi and is now being rolled out across the region. The platform’s regional design takes into account the practical challenges of operating in East Africa, including the dominance of mobile money, fluctuating fuel supply, and cross-border fleet management complexities.

For businesses, the benefits extend beyond fuel control. Real-time dashboards allow fleet managers to monitor consumption patterns, while finance teams receive automated invoices and statements, reducing administrative overhead and improving accountability.

As digital transformation accelerates across logistics and transport sectors, tools like Drive highlight how technology is being leveraged to improve operational efficiency and curb long-standing cost inefficiencies in fuel management.