What DERSA is
An Ethiopian app for rides, food and shopping delivery, parcels and payments. One account, one balance, five services.
Press
If you are writing about DERSA
Everything you need is on this page: who answers, what is true, and where the files are.
Media contact
[email protected] — we answer on working days. If you are on a deadline, say so in the subject line and it goes to the top.
We will not describe something as finished when it is not, and we will not give you a number we have not measured. Where we do not know, we will say we do not know.
The facts
Each of these can be checked from the apps or this site.
Where it operates
Across Ethiopia, including intercity journeys between Addis Ababa, Adama, Hawassa, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa and Mekelle.
Languages
Amharic, English, Afaan Oromoo and Tigrinya, throughout the apps rather than on a welcome screen.
How people pay
Cash or DERSA Pay. A bank account is not needed to use the service, and cash is not treated as a fallback.
How DERSA earns
A commission on completed journeys and orders. Nothing is charged to join, as a driver or as a shop.
The name
Written DERSA, in capitals, in English and Amharic copy alike. Never Dersa or DerSA.
Brand files
Logo, full colour
For light backgrounds. SVG.
Logo, reversed
For dark backgrounds and photographs. SVG.
Symbol only
Where the name is already given. SVG.
Wordmark only
Where the symbol will not fit. SVG.
Using the logo
Please do not stretch it, recolour it, rotate it, or set it on a busy background. Leave clear space around it equal to the height of the symbol.
Do not use it in a way that suggests DERSA sponsored or endorsed something it did not.
Colours
Forest
#064E3B
Emerald
#059669
Gold
#FBBF24
Ink
#111827
About the photographs
The photographs on this site are not DERSA's. They come from Wikimedia Commons under their own licences, so please do not reuse them as DERSA imagery. Each one's photographer and licence is listed on the credits page.
Photo creditsAnnouncements
DERSA has not announced anything yet. When there is something to announce it will be in the newsroom, and this page will not pretend otherwise in the meantime.