River ExpressTrading

Roadmap

One truck to a continent, in order.

Published partly to keep us honest with ourselves. Dashboards are more fun to build than freight is to sell, so every module sits at PLANNED in front of the whole market until the truck has earned the right to build it.

The stages

Where we are, and what comes next.

  1. 01

    One truck

    Our own 8-ton flat deck, operating daily. Every process we will later ask partners to follow, we run ourselves first.

    Operating now
  2. 02

    Small fleet

    Additional vehicles under our direct control, proving the operating model beyond a single truck.

    Next
  3. 03

    Verified partner network

    Independent transporters, verified against the published criteria, carrying a Trust Score.

    Planned
  4. 04

    National marketplace

    Businesses will post loads, and partners who have passed verification will be matched to them on route, capability and score.

    Planned
  5. 05

    Cross-border marketplace

    The same model across the Southern African corridors, with border capability part of verification.

    Planned
  6. 06

    Africa-wide freight platform

    The trusted layer between businesses with freight and verified transporters with capacity, across the continent.

    Planned

Capabilities

What has to be true first.

Every planned capability names its unlock condition instead of a launch date we would miss.

Freight Cost Estimator
BUILDING
Needs the rate card published first: a calculator returning a number nobody can check against anything is worse than no calculator.
Empty Leg Alerts
BUILDING
Automated once there is enough lane history to predict return legs.
Track by Reference
BUILDING
Ships with the first database, Phase 2.
Customer Portal
PLANNED
Needs a repeat-customer base. Phase 3.
Driver App
PLANNED
Needs more than one driver to be worth building. Phase 3.
AI Dispatch
PLANNED
Needs a partner carrier network and hundreds of loads of history. Phase 3–4.
Route Intelligence
PLANNED
Needs repeated runs on the same lanes to have anything to learn from.
AI Quote Engine
PLANNED
Needs roughly 500 priced quotes with known outcomes.
ETA Prediction
PLANNED
Needs GPS history per corridor.
Fuel Optimiser
PLANNED
Needs logged fuel against completed loads.
Document AI
PLANNED
Needs a volume of documents worth automating.
Verified Transport Network
PLANNED
Needs a working verification process and demand we are consistently turning away. Partner registrations are open now; no partner has been verified yet.
River Trust Score
PLANNED
Needs completed loads to score. The framework is published so partners know what will be measured before it measures them.
Load Matching
PLANNED
Needs a verified partner base and load history to match against.
Business Dashboard
PLANNED
Phase 3, with the first database.
Carrier Dashboard
PLANNED
Needs verified partners to have a dashboard for.
Partner Verification
PLANNED
The process is published in full before it has been run on anybody. It starts the day the first transporter is put through it.
Digital Compliance
PLANNED
Part of the verification system. Phase 4.
Freight Marketplace
PLANNED
The destination, not a claim. Phase 4.

The fastest way to move this roadmap is to send us a load.

Every stage above unlocks on operating history. There is no other way to earn it.

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