What KaCyber Technologies does

KaCyber Technologies is a Ugandan transportation technology company headquartered in Kampala that builds digital ticketing and payment systems for public transport operators across Africa. Founded in 2016, the company targets a market characterized by cash-based fare collection, fragmented operator networks (including matatu and sacco cooperatives), and limited payment infrastructure, with the goal of digitizing fare payment flows and operator reconciliation. The company is led by founder and CEO Innocent Orikiiriza and operates with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Over its operating history, KaCyber has pursued a grant- and accelerator-supported funding strategy, raising approximately $281,000 in disclosed capital across nine small rounds between 2016 and 2025, including a $150,000 raise in 2019 and subsequent micro-ticket rounds in 2021-2022. The company has engaged with several African-focused programs, including the International Trade Centre, the Smart Cities Innovation Programme, FAST Accelerator, and AcceliCITY powered by Leading Cities (the latter twice, in 2023 and 2025), suggesting strategic alignment with the urban mobility and smart cities agenda. The business model is B2B, with revenue derived from digital ticketing and payment services to public transport operators, though specific pricing, contract structures, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Note on data conflict: The kacyber.io domain currently resolves to content describing a Vietnamese sports betting and livescore platform (Nowgoal) operating under PAGCOR and Curacao licensing, which is inconsistent with the firm's firmographic identity, founder profile, and funding history. This suggests the website may be dormant, repurposed, or otherwise non-representative of KaCyber's actual transportation technology business. The analysis above is grounded in the firmographic, leadership, and funding data consistent with a Ugandan mobility-tech startup.

Name

KaCyber Technologies

Legal name

KaCyber Technologies

Website

https://kacyber.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

KaCyber Technologies is a Kampala, Uganda-based transportation technology startup that provides digital ticketing and payment systems to public transport operators across Africa. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Innocent Orikiiriza, the company targets cash-based transit markets with B2B fare digitization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transit Technology

NAICS

Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (485), Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (48599)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile Ticketing & Digital Pass Apps (THAIAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transit & Ticketing Wallets (FSAMAEAG), Mobility Payments & Wallets (Transit + Mobility) (THADALAD), Retail & Distribution Networks (TVMs, Kiosks, Agents) (THAIAMAL)

Keywords

• Digital ticketing systems
• Transit payment platforms
• Public transport technology
• Mobile fare collection
• African transit solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Kampala

HQ country

Uganda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sports Betting Commission: Platform charges transaction fees/commissions on sports betting wagers placed through the platform
2. Casino Gaming: Live casino games including baccarat, roulette, sic bo, and other table games offered via livestream with real dealers
3. Slot Games: Hundreds of slot games with various themes and bonus rounds generating revenue from player wagers
4. Fish Shooting Games: Fish shooting arcade games with varying reward levels and gameplay mechanics
5. Card Games: Vietnamese card games including tiến lên, phỏm, mậu binh, ba cây with prize redemption

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

KaCyber Technologies builds digital ticketing and mobile payment systems for public transport operators in Africa. The platform enables cashless fare collection and transit management for bus and paratransit services, allowing unbanked riders to pay via mobile channels in cash-heavy African transit environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nowgoal: Sports livescore tracking, real-time odds comparison, and sports betting platform covering football, basketball, tennis, badminton, and esports with live match data, betting odds (Asian, European, Over/Under), casino, slot games, fishing games, and card games.

Products and services

• Digital ticketing and payment platform Digital ticketing and mobile payment system for public transport operators in Africa, enabling cashless fare collection and transit management for bus and paratransit services. The platform supports mobile payments designed for unbanked riders and operators managing high-volume cash-light transit environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Real-time data updates during live matches - updates occur within seconds of match events
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PAGCORcoreOthersPhilippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) provides regulatory oversight and licensing for the platform's online gaming operations. PAGCOR is the government-owned and controlled corporation that regulates all gaming activities in the Philippines.
• Curacao E GamingcoreOthersCuracao E Gaming provides online gaming licensing for the platform's operations. The platform operates under this licensing framework to provide legal gambling services.
• Affiliate Partners (rikbet, max88, vaobet, giovang, bomwin, manclub, net88, gem88, ricbet, bin88)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMultiple affiliate partners that drive user referrals to the platform, evidenced by tracking links and banner advertisements on the platform

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Masabi: Masabi provides mobile ticketing and fare-payment-as-a-service platforms for public transport operators globally, including open-loop EMV contactless deployments. It is a direct competitor to KaCyber in the digital transit ticketing and payments space, with proven deployments in major English-speaking transit markets that KaCyber is also targeting in Africa.
• Bytemark: Bytemark delivers mobile ticketing, account-based ticketing, and validator hardware to public transit agencies. It overlaps directly with KaCyber's stated offering of digital ticketing and payment systems for transit operators, and competes for similar municipal contracts.

Broad incumbents

• INIT (init innovation in transportation): INIT provides integrated fare collection systems, validators, and back-office platforms for public transit operators worldwide. It is a much larger incumbent that competes with KaCyber at the systems-integrator level when African operators procure full-stack ticketing solutions.
• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic is a major global provider of automated fare collection, mobile ticketing, and open-loop payment platforms for transit agencies. As a large incumbent, it competes for the same municipal and paratransit digitization deals KaCyber targets in emerging markets.
• Flowbird (formerly Parkeon): Flowbird provides ticketing, fare collection, and transport information solutions to public transport operators and municipalities. Its multi-modal ticketing and validator product line overlaps materially with KaCyber's transit-ticketing focus.

Regional players

• Little (formerly SafeBoda): Little is an East African ride-hailing and mobility payments platform headquartered in Uganda. While primarily consumer-facing, it operates in the same Kampala mobility ecosystem and represents a regional peer in African digital mobility payments adjacent to KaCyber's B2B focus.

Emerging players

• Flutterwave: Flutterwave provides pan-African payment infrastructure used by mobility and transit operators for digital fare collection. It is an emerging African payments player whose rails could either complement or compete with KaCyber's ticketing payment layer.
• Moja Global: Moja Global is an open-source, cloud-based fare collection platform designed for low-resource transit environments in Africa and other emerging markets. It is the closest direct conceptual competitor to KaCyber in African digital ticketing for informal and semi-formal public transport.
• Optibus: Optibus provides AI-based public transportation operations optimization for bus and paratransit networks. While focused on scheduling rather than fare collection, it operates in the same digital transformation of African public transport vertical and is often procured alongside ticketing systems.
• WhereIsMyTransport: WhereIsMyTransport provides public transit data and mobility intelligence for African and emerging-market cities. It is an adjacent emerging player in the African mobility data space whose transit-operator relationships overlap with KaCyber's target customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds9 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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