BuuPass, Africa’s leading digital platform for intercity bus, train, flight, parcel, and corporate travel, secured strategic investment from Yango Ventures, a corporate venture fund of Yango Group, which aims to support startups in O2O (Online-to-Offline), B2B SaaS, and FinTech sectors. This partnership accelerates BuuPass’s mission to build the infrastructure powering long-distance travel and logistics across Africa.

BuuPass operates as an end-to-end travel operating system — digitizing how people and goods move by connecting fragmented transport operators with high-demand sales channels, including telcos, banks, corporates, agents, apps, and websites. Through proprietary software and APIs, the platform enables seamless bookings, payments, inventory management, and reporting across both online and offline channels.

“At BuuPass, we’re not just solving for bookings. We’re building the infrastructure that makes modern travel work across Africa. Every new route, every operator, every integration strengthens the network. Yango Ventures got that from day one. They’re the kind of partner who leans in with insight, not just capital, and that makes all the difference when you’re building something this ambitious,” said
Sonia Kabra, Co-CEO at BuuPass.

Today, BuuPass operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa, working with over 150
transport operators across bus, train, and flight verticals. In 2024 alone, the platform processed
over $70 million in transactions and sold more than 20 million tickets. The company also
acquired South Africa–based QuickBus, consolidating inventory and accelerating its market
leadership.

BuuPass supports:
● Consumers: via website, mobile apps, USSD, and SMS
● Corporates: with tools for centralized travel booking, reconciliation, and reporting
● Agents and resellers: through a POS network and digital agent dashboards
● Transport operators: with SaaS-based tools for scheduling, seat allocation, fleet
management, pricing, and data analytics

These interconnected modules create powerful network effects. As more inventory is added — across bus, train, flight, and parcel — BuuPass enhances availability, reliability, and user choice. As more sales channels and corporate clients integrate, demand scales, data becomes richer, and fulfillment improves.

This creates a defensible flywheel of growth that strengthens with every route, operator, and partner added to the network. This strategic investment marks a new phase of platform expansion, infrastructure
consolidation, and category leadership as BuuPass scales across Africa’s most vital travel
corridors.

About BuuPass
BuuPass is Africa’s leading B2B2C travel and transport platform for intercity bookings. The company enables users to book buses, trains, flights, and parcels, while providing transport operators and corporate clients with advanced tools for inventory, payments, fleet management, and reporting.

BuuPass currently operates in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and South Africa, and in 2023, acquired South Africa–based QuickBus to consolidate supply and expand regional reach.

Learn more at www.buupass.com