Leta is a Nairobi-based logistics technology company using AI to make last-mile delivery cheaper and more reliable across Africa. Its platform combines route optimisation, fleet management, real-time tracking, driver workflows and shipper analytics into a single product aimed at enterprise customers running large delivery operations.
The company was founded in 2021 by Ibrahim Donga and now serves more than 35 major regional and global brands, including KFC and Diageo, across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia. Leta optimises more than 10,000 daily trips and has scaled substantially since its 2022 pre-seed round, growing from 500,000 to 4.5 million deliveries handled, from 20,000 to 150,000 tons of goods moved, and from 2,000 to 7,400 vehicles in its managed fleet.
In March 2025 Leta closed a $5M seed round led by Speedinvest, with participation from Google's Africa Investment Fund and climate-focused VC Equator, bringing total disclosed funding to $8M. The capital is being used to expand into Ghana and additional African markets, as well as the Middle East, and to deepen the AI capabilities of the platform.
A notable strategic angle is data. Leta continuously refines road and address information sourced from live customer deliveries, which the company has positioned as a complement to Google Maps in its operating markets, contributing to a stronger digital map and addressing layer in regions where formal address data is often sparse.
NeuronFeed lists Leta as a leading African AI logistics scale-up and a benchmark for emerging-market route optimisation built on local delivery data.