Product 06 / Eight · Mechanization on Demand

MakiSai™

Uber for tractors. The ride-hailing model, applied to ploughing, planting, spraying, ridging and harvesting. A smallholder books a machine for one acre — a tractor owner gets full utilization. The mechanization gap closes one ride at a time.

On-Demand Booking Pay per Acre Owner Utilization Equipment Pool
MAKISAI · BOOK A MACHINE● 4 NEARBY
PICKUP · MR. JUMA — 1.4 km · 8 min ETA —
ServicePloughing · 2.4 ha
DriverMr. Juma · MF 240
WindowTomorrow · 06:30 EAT
PlotTunduma · Kiwanja-04
CONFIRM · TZS 96,000
Category
Agritech · Marketplace
For
Farmers, Tractor owners, Co-ops
Channels
USSD · App · Agent
Services
Plough · Plant · Spray · Harvest
[ 01 ] The Gap

A tractor that sleeps for ten months serves no one.

There are tractors in the village. There are smallholders who need them. They never meet — because nobody coordinates. MakiSai™ is the matchmaking layer: small farmers book one acre at a time; tractor owners book back-to-back jobs at full utilization. Both win.

— A different math

A 60-day ploughing season. A tractor that does 4 hours a day → 240 hours.

With MakiSai™, the same tractor hits 560 hours — and serves 80+ farmers instead of 12.

[ 02 ] Capabilities

What MakiSai™ does.

01Book

On-demand booking

Farmer requests a service for a plot — ploughing, planting, spraying, ridging or harvesting. Live ETA, transparent per-acre pricing.

02Match

Operator matching

Match the right machine to the right job by acreage, terrain, attachment and proximity. Operator gets back-to-back jobs.

03Pay

Cashless payment

Mobile money, voucher or invoiced post-harvest. Driver gets paid via Jembe.Pesa™ wallet on completion.

04Track

GPS & verification

GPS-verified hours and acreage worked. Eliminates disputes; satisfies financiers underwriting equipment loans.

05Finance

Asset-finance ready

Tractor owners' verified earnings unlock equipment loans, fuel credit and parts financing through KM360™ partners.

06Pool

Cooperative pools

SACCOs operate shared equipment fleets — bookings managed centrally, revenue distributed by hour and acre worked.

[ 03 ] Two sides, one app

For the farmer. For the operator. One marketplace.

For the farmer

Book a tractor like a Bolt.

Open the app, drop a pin on the plot, pick the service. See available operators within 5 km, ETA, fixed per-acre rate. Confirm and pay on completion.

· USSD· App
For the operator

Drive a route, not a single job.

See queued jobs in priority order optimized for fuel and travel. Accept the next ride. GPS verifies acreage. Earnings ledger updates live.

· Driver App· In-cab tablet
For the cooperative

Run a fleet without the chaos.

Manage 4–40 machines from one console. Schedule, dispatch, reconcile, report. Equipment financing partners get verified utilization data.

· Web Console· API

A tractor for one acre, not for ten. That changes who farms.

— Why it matters

Mechanization in Sub-Saharan Africa runs at 10% of the global average. The bottleneck isn't the tractor — it's the matching. MakiSai™ is the matching layer that finally makes the smallholder a viable customer for a TZS 70M machine.

[ 05 ] Pairs well with

MakiSai™ is the muscle. The rest of KM360™ is the nervous system.

→ 03 · Jembe.Pesa™

Equipment finance.

Verified earnings unlock asset-backed loans for owners.

→ 05 · My Climate™

Plant in the window.

Forecast triggers ploughing peaks days ahead.

→ 04 · Duka.Pembejeo™

Inputs + machine.

Bundle ploughing with seed and fertilizer pickup.

— Get started

Mechanize the smallholder.

For tractor owners, equipment leasers, cooperatives and government mechanization programs.