Ethiopia · trucks, corridors, brokers

The simplest way to manage
your trucks and cargo in Ethiopia.

See trips, fuel, checkpoints, and who paid—without losing the thread in phone calls to brokers. For big fleets or a few rigs running Djibouti lanes and inland reloads.

Yard & road
Drivers + dispatch on pocket phones
Weak signal OK
Queues work offline; syncs after
Sample haul band
ETB (illustrative—know before you roll)
Estimated haul
ETB 1,180,000

Not a binding quote—cargo, axles, permits, broker fee, and fuel all move the number.

Fuel sensitivity
+17.8 pts
Transit variance
-3.8 hrs
Distance
920 km
Ethiopian fleets

Seven daily headaches—one system

Paper run sheets, broker chatter, and empty backhauls—make them legible before cash walks out the door.

Fuel

Litres per lane—not guesses. Spot side-selling patterns faster.

Drivers

Who drove, who stalled, and why—without chasing voice notes.

Live trips

Pin on the map: queue at the border, wait at the woreda gate, downtime at the yard.

Poor signal

Capture trips offline; sync when bars return.

Brokers & delala

Fewer rounds of calls—rates and handoffs written next to the load.

Empty return legs

Djibouti runs should pay round-trip, not a dead drive home.

Money

Who paid, who still owes, tied to each truck and trip.

DRIVER SCREEN

Sync queued · lite mode ON

RUN #4401

AA yard → Modjo port hand-off

Proof snap

Hands + pockets

Phones first.

Drivers already live on cheap Android—big buttons, proof snaps, and “where are you?” answered even when they do not pick up.

  • Driver app

    Big tap targets, low RAM—built for the handsets drivers actually carry.

  • Chat + SMS pings

    Nudge crews in Telegram/WhatsApp patterns they already trust.

  • Branch heads

    See late trucks and missing PODs without opening Excel at midnight.

  • Shaky towers

    Photos and GPS crumbs queue quietly—no frozen screen at the checkpoint.

Who it's for

If you move cargo in Ethiopia—we fit.

Djibouti port legs, inland reloads, brokered spot loads—same ledger: who moved what, for how much, before the truck rolls.

Areas we cite

Addis · Mekele · Adama · Hawassa · Kombolcha · Dire · Modjo · Djibouti lane

  • Co-ops & transport unions
  • Fleet owners & trucking firms
  • Import & export
  • NGOs & relief cargo
  • Construction & cement runs
  • Retail & FMCG
  • Factories & warehouses
  • Fuel & tankers
  • Farm & agri supply chains
  • Brokers (delala) & forwarders

Corridors that actually pay bills

See the lanes, not a “global heat map”

Illustrative routes—Djibouti imports, Moyale exports, and inland spokes. Not live GPS; not marketing fantasy.

Lane legend

  • Ethio-Djibouti corridor
  • Addis radial · Mekelle · Dire · Hawassa · Bahir Dar · Jimma · Adama
  • Addis ↔ Moyale / LAPSSET ↔ Nairobi
  • Northern corridor (Nairobi ↔ Mombasa)
  • Berbera / Hargeisa corridor

Active assets

0

Active trucks

4.5M

Tonnage (monthly)

Demo KPIs • Not your live fleet • Map file sits in `/maps/`

Loading topography…

Works beside the tools you already pay for

Chapa, bank transfers, SMS gates, WhatsApp pings, cheap GPS boxes—keep them; Swiftiom is the filing cabinet.

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Dispatch → warehouse door

Four beats one flow

1

Plan

Pickups, drops, broker rate—printed on the trip sheet, not only in someone’s head.

2

Tell crews

Ping drivers with the next job before they deadhead home.

3

Drivers roll

Stamped Bollo snaps, tyre checks, live pin when the tower allows.

4

Close out

Match advances, fuel slips, and customer cash before the arguments start.

What you touch every day

Trips • fuel • payouts • proofs

Same vocabulary your yard uses—Bollo snaps, advances, border waits—minus the dog-eared notebook.

Trip sheets

Digitise loads, allowances, checkpoints—feels like the paper run sheet, lives in the cloud.

Examples Fuel advanceBollo / gate stampBorder waitCargo type

Fuel & cash

Hand-outs tied to lanes so finance sees fuel that burnt on Djibouti legs—not “misc.”

Br 48,750 advance (sample)

Driver pay split

Set salary / trip % once—drivers see owed amounts minus advances.

Two branches split

Addis · Dire

Walk through driver pay

Photos & POD

Drop-off photos, tyre checks, signed Bollo—SMS “OK” from brokers logged beside the proof.

Offline yards

Records stay on the phone; HQ catches up when Modjo or Mekelle towers come back—one ledger for every branch.

Empty km & broker drag

What deadhead diesel costs you

Slide fleet size and empty percentage—a rough ETB wake-up call. True savings need your fuel slips, broker cuts, and lane contracts.

18
24%

Sample yearly ETB

ETB 12,312,000

Demo maths only—real savings need your fuel slips, POD rules, lanes, credits.

See how we cut empty km
Versus Excel + screenshots

One clean trail from phone call to bank deposit

Teams still forward voice notes and photos—Swiftiom pins them to the trip so finance is not guessing next week.

WorkOld waySwiftiom
Dispatch board that replaces 40 phone calls
Trip sheet + fuel advance in one folder
Driver payouts the owner can defend in a dispute
Map pin + POD photo when the customer argues
Outstanding Br beside each truck & load
Many yards, one login for the accountant
SMS / Telegram / WhatsApp pings crews already read
Handsets that keep logging when towers drop
Cash + trucks on the same tabs (no mystery columns)

Reliability beats buzzwords.

We build for trucks that break, brokers who change their mind, and invoices that arrive three days late—not for a conference slide.

On-site onboardingWe sit beside your dispatch clerks until trips flow.
Real Ethiopian networks3G dips, rainy season towers—planned for.
Human supportCall, Telegram, WhatsApp—no ticket lottery.