PRODUCT

An Ethiopian wedding isn't just a ceremony. It's a two-day, sometimes three-day event involving hundreds of guests, multiple venues, extended family across cities and countries, and a level of communal participation that most cultures reserve only for their most significant life events.

For all of that coordination, communication, and shared memory-making — Ethiopian couples were relying on WhatsApp groups and word of mouth. Degash was built to give every event the digital infrastructure it deserves.

Degash is not a standalone app. It's a Telegram bot — deployed as a custom, event-specific bot that guests access through a shared link. The decision to build on Telegram was intentional: nearly every Ethiopian with a smartphone already has Telegram installed. There's nothing to download, no account to create, no friction between a guest and their event experience.

Couples get a dedicated bot for their event. Guests join through an invite link. From there, everything is accessible through the bot interface.

Ceremony location and venue info — guests always know where to go

Live photo sharing — guests upload photos to a shared event album in real time

Wishes and messages — a permanent digital guestbook from every attendee

Countdown to the wedding date

Announcements and reminders from the couple

Private, secure access — only guests with the invite link can join

Anyone who has planned a wedding knows the photo problem: guests take hundreds of pictures across the event, but those photos are scattered across dozens of phones and WhatsApp threads. Collecting them afterward is a project in itself.

With Degash, every photo a guest takes can be shared instantly to the event's bot. By the end of the wedding, the couple has a comprehensive, centralized photo archive — crowdsourced from every guest who attended.

Degash offers a live demo bot so you can experience the product before booking. Visit degash.et and launch the demo to see exactly what your guests would experience.