Send within Ethiopia, with people you can verify.
Faster than postal. Safer than asking a stranger on WhatsApp. Waylo Go matches your parcel with ID-verified travelers across Ethiopia by flight, car, or bus. Every handoff is photographed, and the recipient confirms with a one-time code.
Free to post. During launch Waylo takes no commission from travelers.
- Phone-verified travelers
- Payment held in escrow
- 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 trip or parcel
Travelers list an upcoming route and free capacity. Senders post what they need carried and where.
Verified profilesGet matched fast
We rank travelers by route fit, rating, and verification, so the best matches show up first.
Ranked by trustCustody 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. Then custody closes and the traveler is paid.
One-time codeCorridors we're opening first.
Addis Ababa to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa, both ways, by flight, car, or bus. DC, New York, Dubai, and London open next. Browse all route pages.
Within Ethiopia
Runs both ways
Gondar, Mekelle & more
More Ethiopian cities open as travelers join.
Diaspora routes
Opens next
Don't see your route? Tell us where you ship. Corridors with the most demand open next.
What will this cost?
Starting rate inside Ethiopia: 200 ETB plus 15 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.
Government-ID checks, photo logs, and a one-time code, whichever way you join.
For senders
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
For travelers
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
Both sides complete the same government-ID verification before their first match.
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.
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.
Founder
Biniyam Lombe
Waylo Go
Yale University
MS, Computer Science
University of Bristol
BEng, Electrical & Electronic Engineering
We're filling the first trips.
We're recruiting the first senders and verified travelers on Addis to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa. Diaspora routes open after local deliveries work.
Domestic Ethiopia
Both ways. Addis to Bahir Dar, Hawassa, and Dire Dawa first, by flight, car, or bus
Addis ↔ Washington DC
Waitlist. Opens after local deliveries work
Addis ↔ New York
Waitlist. Opens after local deliveries work
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?
Join the Ethiopia launch. 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
Every traveler, every trip
0% commission
Launch promo. Compliance fee only