Zaphenath Ltd — Est. 2026
Your load shall
be borne.
KOUM is the intelligence layer for East African freight. We connect shippers, carriers, and brokers across the EAC with AI agents that speak Swahili, French, English, and Kinyarwanda.
The problem we solve
97% of East African freight is still brokered by phone — WhatsApp chains, missing documents, opaque rates, and no visibility once the truck leaves the yard. A $25.1 billion market running on voice notes.
KOUM changes that. Real-time load board. AI rate oracle. Border intelligence. Sentinel fraud scoring. Escrow payments. Four-language agent intelligence. One platform. Every corridor.
Active corridors
The team
Built by Zaphenath Ltd. Founded by Didier Gatarayiha. Orchestrated by ZaphenathEnvoy — 24 AI agents running continuously across every corridor, every border, every hour.
97% automated. 3% is Didier.
The Name
What is Koum?
In every language it means the same.
Rise. Stand. Move.
Isaiah 46:4 — Even to your old age I am he. I will carry you. I will save you.
We built Koum because 600,000 trucks cross EAC borders every day. Half drive back empty. Half wait weeks to get paid. Half carry loads without protection.
Koum carries what is heavy.
Your load shall be borne.
Your load shall be borne.
Seed Round Open
$150K SAFE — Pre-money cap $1.5M
We are raising to fund six months of runway, EAC-wide carrier partnerships, and DPO payments integration across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi.
Contact Didier →didier@koum.africa · koum.africa
Your load shall be borne. — Isaiah 46:4