Leta, a Kenyan startup developing logistics software for businesses, has launched operations in Ghana, its seventh market in Africa. The expansion follows a $5 million seed round closed in March 2025, bringing the company’s total funding to over $8 million since its launch in 2021.
The Accra rollout begins with Simbisa Brands Limited, one of Africa’s largest quick service restaurant operators.
“We are officially live in Accra with our first customer on the ground: Simbisa Brands Limited, one of Africa’s largest quick service restaurant groups, with over 600 outlets in 11 countries,” Leta founder Nick Joshi said on LinkedIn on Wednesday.
Leta is now active in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mauritius, and Ghana, strengthening its pan-African push to become the continent’s preferred logistics software provider. Its platform offers businesses AI-powered tools to automate fleet management, optimise delivery routes, and reduce transportation costs, key challenges for companies navigating Africa’s complex logistics landscape.
Backed by Speedinvest, Google’s Africa Investment Fund, and Equator, Leta’s latest funding round is aimed at scaling its platform and expanding its footprint. “Our investors’ backing validates our vision and progress. With this capital, we’re looking to refine our product to empower more businesses with a cost-effective, data-driven supply chain,” Joshi said in March.
Founded in Nairobi, Leta positions itself as a technology-first alternative to asset-heavy logistics models. Rather than investing in more trucks or warehouses, it focuses on software to unlock delivery efficiency and cost savings. The company says its tools have already helped major clients, including KFC, East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Wells Fargo Courier, and Gilani’s cut logistics costs and improve operational efficiency.
Since its pre-seed round in 2022, Leta claims it has grown revenue fivefold, completed 4.5 million deliveries, moved 150,000 tonnes of goods, and supported more than 7,400 vehicles across its markets.
The move into Ghana is part of a broader strategy to meet growing demand for scalable logistics solutions as African businesses face mounting pressure to move goods efficiently in fragmented and under-resourced transport networks.
