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Savanna Air Cargo
How a Nairobi air-freight forwarder stopped pre-funding its warehouse a week early and now pays suppliers the morning stock lands.
Supplier payments
Same day
Was
7 days early
$1.9M
paid to suppliers in Q3
Industry
Logistics
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Corridors
USD → KES, NGN → KES
We used to pre-fund our Nairobi warehouse a week early to cover SWIFT delays. Now we pay the morning the stock arrives, and the rate on the invoice is the rate we pay.
Wanjiru Kamau
Finance lead
The problem
Savanna Air Cargo moves perishables and spare parts between Nairobi, Lagos and Dubai. Its suppliers want paying before goods are released, and a standard international wire took three to four business days to arrive.
To avoid holding up flights, the finance team pre-funded the Nairobi warehouse account a week early, tying up cash and taking whatever rate the bank offered on the day.
What changed
With Montra, the team holds dollars and shillings side by side. When a shipment is confirmed, they lock the rate on the pro-forma invoice and pay the supplier in shillings the morning the stock lands. Payments settle on PesaLink in under a minute.
Approvals that fit a busy floor
Any payment over $25,000 needs a second sign-off. Wanjiru approves from her phone between flights, and the warehouse sees the proof of payment as soon as it settles.
The result
Supplier payments that used to leave a week early now leave on the day. The cash that sat idle in the warehouse account is back in the business.
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