Kenyan travel tech startup Triply has teamed up with global payments platform Verto to simplify how African travel businesses move money across borders. The deal targets the continent’s $300 billion travel market, where small and medium-sized firms still face major hurdles in managing international transactions.
As Kenya’s tourism sector rebounds and shifts online, travel firms continue to struggle with delayed payments, multiple foreign bank accounts and volatile exchange rates. These challenges erode margins and hinder growth.
Triply is integrating Verto’s Atlas API, a cross-border payment system that lets businesses send, receive and convert money faster and at lower cost. The goal is to remove financial friction for travel operators across Africa.
Through the partnership, Triply users — from tour operators to booking agencies — will gain access to:
• Virtual accounts in over 25 currencies, including USD, GBP and EUR
• Same-day local and international settlements
• Exchange tools to manage currency exposure
These features could ease cash-flow headaches for Kenyan firms that often juggle multiple currencies and tight payment timelines.
“Triply’s journey shows how modern financial infrastructure can help African companies scale,” said Tawanda Mudimbu, Verto’s VP for Enterprise Sales and Partnerships.
