{"id":79844,"title":"Triply✈️ The operating system for travel businesses in Africa","tagline":"Helping businesses increase their earnings, collect payments, run their operations online, save, and borrow.","body":"**tl;dr:** 90% of travel businesses in Africa are SMBs. However, they are unable to collect payments, continue to operate manually, lack access to financial services, and booking systems are 60% less efficient due to weak payment infrastructures.\\\n\\\n[Triply](https://business.triply.co/) assists these businesses in collecting payments, automating their operations, and then uses this data to provide them with financial services. We also assist them in increasing their revenue by selling their services on our marketplace, which is designed to match the needs of the local travel market.\n\n—\n\nHi people, we’re [Peter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-wachira-trippi/) and [Collins!](https://www.linkedin.com/in/collins-muthinja-trippi/)\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=79844\u0026key=user_uploads/600569/c376d924-cae2-4556-9972-ed512170dd78)\n\nPeter - 2x founder, ran one of the leading vacation rental management companies in East Africa.\n\nCollins - Led teams and built products in leading Fintech and insuretech startups in Africa.\n\n### the opportunity\n\nAfrica is a $300 billion dollar travel market and one of the fastest-growing travel markets globally.\n\nToday 66% of travel spend on the continent comes from domestic travelers.\n\n**Our Position;** Triply not only helps businesses automate their operations \u0026 collect payments, we also help them get bookings through our marketplace, allowing us to uniquely tap into the $198 billion dollar domestic market. Our ability to generate revenue for the businesses we serve has also seen our product become more sticky.\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=79844\u0026key=user_uploads/600569/d42e0dfa-984b-4c3b-b7d7-d45e2d39d123)\n\nB2B Tools; [**Triply Business**](https://business.triply.co/)\n\n* Accounting\n* Payroll\n* Unified inbox (all your messages under one platform)\n* Payments processing\n* Wallet (Muti currency coming soon)\n* Analytics\n* Channel management system\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=79844\u0026key=user_uploads/600569/673e77f7-43d0-4750-b2b5-be6a21ac2ae9)\n\n[**Triply Travel ;**](https://triply.co/)\n\n**OUR ASK ;**\n\n* If you know anyone within your network who has built travel tech businesses before, please introduce us through [founders@triply.co](mailto:founders@triply.co).","slug":"Klo-triply-the-operating-system-for-travel-businesses-in-africa","created_at":"2024-04-01T15:41:40.850Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T01:46:49.456Z","total_vote_count":17,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Klo-triply-the-operating-system-for-travel-businesses-in-africa","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=79844\u0026key=user_uploads/600569/c376d924-cae2-4556-9972-ed512170dd78","company":{"id":29423,"name":"Triply","slug":"triply","url":"https://business.triply.co/","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/a50be8732ac92931d91e10a75379eb7b6b844ab1.png","batch":"Winter 2024","industry":"B2B","tags":["Fintech","Marketplace","SaaS","Travel"],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/29423"}}