Kamtar

What Kamtar does

Kamtar is a digital logistics platform founded in 2018 and headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, that connects shippers (consignors) with truck owners and drivers (carriers) for road freight across Francophone West Africa. The company operates in Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, marketing itself as the leading road transport platform in the region and offering a network of 8,000+ trucks spanning vans, flatbeds, dump trucks, refrigerated trucks, and tankers to serve diverse cargo types.

The platform is built as a self-serve web product with dedicated onboarding flows for shippers ("Expediteurs") and carriers ("Transporteurs"), supported by a mobile application for real-time shipment tracking. Core service features include truck matching, cargo insurance, payment facilitation, and value-added benefits for drivers such as preferential rates on fuel, tires, and insurance. Each client is assigned a personal account manager ("référent personnel"), reflecting a hybrid self-serve / white-glove GTM model. The technology stack is standard marketplace infrastructure with no disclosed API, SDK, or AI/ML components.

Kamtar generates revenue through transaction fees or commissions on freight bookings facilitated through the platform (pricing is not publicly disclosed). The customer base includes enterprise shippers in logistics, construction, and material handling — notably Bolloré, TGCC, Manutention Africaine, PFO, Sania, CAT, and LH/Logan Haulage — alongside a long tail of SMB shippers and individual carriers. The company raised approximately $4M across four funding rounds from Saviu Ventures, Sendy, Mobility 54 Investment SAS, CFAO SAS, and Toyota Tsusho between 2018 and 2021, and was acquired by pan-African logistics group Logidoo in October 2025 to strengthen North–West Africa logistics corridors.

Name

Kamtar

Legal name

Kamtar

Website

https://kamtar-ci.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kamtar is a digital logistics platform founded in 2018 in Abidjan that connects shippers with 8,000+ verified trucks across Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal, offering matching, tracking, cargo insurance, and payment facilitation for road freight.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Freight Marketplace

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (488510), Freight Transportation Arrangement (48851)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Trucking & Courier Services (No Air) (4210)

akta.pro primary industry

Heavy Haul / Oversize / Project Cargo Brokerage (TLADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Road freight platform
• Logistics marketplace
• Truck booking service
• Digital freight matching
• Carrier matching platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Abidjan

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Platform Commission / Transaction Fees: Digital logistics platform connecting consignors with carriers; revenue likely generated through transaction fees or commissions on freight bookings facilitated through the platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kamtar operates a digital logistics marketplace that connects consignors (shippers/expediteurs) with verified carriers (transporteurs) for road freight transport in West Africa, primarily Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. The platform enables online truck booking across multiple vehicle types, real-time shipment tracking through a mobile application, payment facilitation, and cargo insurance. It supports over 8,000 trucks including vans, flatbeds, dump trucks, refrigerated trucks, and tankers, and serves enterprise customers such as Manutention Africaine, Bolloré, and TGCC.

Product overview

Kamtar operates as a unified digital logistics platform connecting shippers with carriers across West Africa, primarily serving Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. The core Kamtar Platform enables real-time truck booking, shipment tracking, payment facilitation, and cargo insurance services. The platform offers dedicated interfaces for both shippers ('Expediteurs') and carriers ('Transporteurs'), supporting over 8,000 trucks of various types including vans, flatbeds, dump trucks, refrigerated trucks, and tankers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kamtar Platform Digital logistics marketplace that connects consignors (shippers/expediteurs) with logistics operators (carriers/transporteurs) to facilitate road freight transport in West Africa, primarily Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal. Supports over 8,000 trucks of various types (vans, flatbeds, dump trucks, refrigerated trucks, tankers), with features for truck booking, payment facilitation, cargo insurance, and real-time shipment tracking.
• Real-time Shipment Tracking Mobile Application Mobile application enabling online real-time tracking of road freight shipments booked through the Kamtar platform for shippers and consignors.
• Cargo Insurance Services Cargo insurance service integrated with freight bookings on the Kamtar platform, covering goods transported through the network of verified carriers.
• Driver Payment Facilitation and Partner Services Payment facilitation services for drivers/carriers, including fast payments and preferential rates on fuel, tires, and insurance for Kamtar partner drivers through the driver happiness program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% customer recommendation rate

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LogidoocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2025Pan-African logistics group that acquired Kamtar on October 9, 2025. Acquisition aims to strengthen logistics corridors between North and West Africa and improve regional trade and transport services. Allows Logidoo to access trucks, routes, and drivers directly.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sendy: Kenyan digital logistics marketplace connecting shippers with truckers and motorbike couriers across East Africa. Sendy is the most direct comparable to Kamtar — same asset-light marketplace model, same enterprise targeting — and was Kamtar's lead Series A investor.
• Logidoo: Senegal-based pan-African digital logistics platform that acquired Kamtar in October 2025. Operates the same digital freight marketplace model Kamtar pioneered, now across a wider West and North African footprint, making it both the corporate parent and the closest direct peer.
• Lori Systems: B2B digital logistics platform operating across East Africa, connecting cargo owners with vetted transporters. Highly comparable business model and target customer base (enterprise shippers) to Kamtar, with similar asset-light marketplace economics.

Emerging players

• Paps: Senegalese on-demand delivery and logistics startup operating in the same Francophone West African market as Kamtar. Comparable in geography and platform-based delivery model, though more focused on urban last-mile than long-haul freight.
• KoboGo: Ivorian digital logistics and delivery platform operating in Côte d'Ivoire, directly overlapping Kamtar's core market. Similar marketplace approach for connecting shippers with transport providers in West Africa, though at an earlier stage of scale.
• MAX: Nigerian mobility and delivery platform combining ride-hailing, motorcycle delivery, and B2B logistics. Comparable in operating a digital platform across African markets, though primarily focused on Nigeria and last-mile rather than long-haul freight.
• Kwik Delivery: Nigerian same-day and B2B last-mile delivery startup using a digital platform model. Operates in the same broader African digital logistics category as Kamtar, though focused on urban last-mile rather than cross-border road freight.

Broad incumbents

• Bolloré Africa Logistics: Pan-African logistics and shipping giant operating ports, rail, and road freight across West Africa. A major Kamtar enterprise customer and the dominant incumbent in regional logistics — broad overlap with Kamtar's shipper base but very different operating model.
• DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa: Global logistics incumbent operating across West Africa through DHL Express, DHL Supply Chain, and DHL Global Forwarding. Broadly overlaps with Kamtar in cross-border road and air freight services, though at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Kuehne+Nagel Africa: Global freight forwarder and contract logistics provider with significant West African operations through road, air, and ocean freight services. Overlaps with Kamtar's enterprise shipper base and cross-border freight services, but as part of a global portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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