Send within Ethiopia, with people you can verify.
Faster than postal. Safer than asking a stranger on WhatsApp. Waylo Go matches your parcel with verified travelers across Ethiopia by flight, car, or bus. Pick an ID-verified traveler, get a photo at every handoff, and your recipient confirms with a one-time code.
Free to post. No Waylo fee during the pilot: you pay your traveler at handoff.
- ID-verified badge on listings
- Pay your traveler at handoff
- Handoff photos logged
- One-time delivery code
The pilot, in the open.
We're early, and we'd rather show you exactly where we are than inflate it. Every number below comes from real activity on the platform. When there is nothing to report yet, it says so.
“Built so people here can send with someone they can verify.”
Updated from real activity
- Parcels delivered
- None yet
- Verified travelers
- Onboarding
- Routes with open trips
- Opening
- Parcels posted
- None yet
How a delivery actually works.
Post, match, photograph the handoff, then confirm with a code. Each step is logged.
Post your parcel
Say what you need carried and where it is going. Travelers on that route list their trips and spare capacity.
Phone-verified to postPick your traveler
Travelers going your way show up with their route, their phone check, and an ID-verified badge if they have added a government ID. You choose.
ID-verified badge shownCustody documented
Handoff photos are logged in-app at each transition. Meet at the airport, bus station, or a place you agree on.
Photo-logged handoffsDelivered with a code
The recipient confirms with a one-time delivery code. That closes custody for everyone.
One-time code
Live inside Ethiopia. Diaspora routes next.
Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa are open now, both ways, by flight, car, or bus. DC, New York, Dubai, and London are on the waitlist. Browse all route pages.
Within Ethiopia
Live now, both ways
Gondar, Mekelle & more
More Ethiopian cities open as travelers join.
Diaspora routes
Waitlist
Don't see your route? Email us where you ship. Corridors with the most demand open next.
What will this cost?
Starting rate inside Ethiopia: 200 ETB plus 85 ETB per kg, then adjusted for how soon you need it. Final price is set when you match with a traveler. Launch promo: no Waylo commission. Prices are shown in ETB.
Launch promo: No Waylo commission for senders or travelers: you keep the full agreed offer. Only the 3.5% payment compliance fee applies at checkout.
Quotes are in ETB. Travelers may counter-offer. Launch promo: Waylo takes 0% commission, so travelers keep the full agreed offer. Sender pays the delivery offer plus 3.5% compliance at checkout. For the first bags, payment may be Telebirr, CBE, or cash held by Waylo.
Senders and travelers, both verified.
A phone check to post, an ID-verified badge you can look for, photo logs, and a one-time code, whichever way you join.
Send a package
Post what you need carried and agree a price with a verified traveler. Waylo Go charges nothing during the pilot: you pay your traveler directly at handoff.
- No platform fees. Pay your traveler directly
- Track every handoff with logged photos
- Confirm receipt with a one-time code
Travel & earn
List a trip you're already taking and earn on spare capacity. You choose exactly what you carry.
- Earn on routes you already travel
- Get ID-verified once, match faster
- Accept only the parcels you approve
Phone verification is required to post. The ID-verified badge comes from a government ID check and shows on every profile and listing.
I've sent, received, and carried.
Waylo Go is built by an Ethiopian who has sent parcels home, received them, and carried them for family and friends.
- As a sender
- As a recipient
- As a carrier
People here already ask travelers to carry things. WhatsApp handoffs work until they don't. This is the same habit, with ID checks, photo-logged handoffs, and a delivery code.
Biniyam Lombe
Founder · Waylo Go
Yale University
MS, Computer Science
University of Bristol
BEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering
What's open, and what's next.
Senders and verified travelers can post today on Addis to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa. Diaspora routes open after local deliveries work.
- Both ways
Domestic Ethiopia
Live now, both ways. Addis to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa, by flight, car, or bus
- Waitlist
Addis ↔ Washington DC
Waitlist. Opens after local deliveries work
- Waitlist
Addis ↔ New York
Waitlist. Opens after local deliveries work
- Waitlist
Addis ↔ Dubai
Waitlist. Opens after local deliveries work
Approved items for the pilot: documents, clothing, books, and small gifts. See our prohibited items policy.
Ready to send or carry?
Live inside Ethiopia: Addis to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa. Launch promo: no Waylo commission. Diaspora routes open next.
- 3 live corridors
- Addis ↔ Bahir Dar, Hawassa, Dire Dawa
- ID-verified badge
- Shown on profiles and listings
- No Waylo fee
- You pay your traveler at handoff