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Oyaah

In-house event discovery and booking platform with ticketing, organizer dashboards, and payment processing for Zanzibar's event scene.

Client
Oyaah (In-House)
Year
2025
Status
Ongoing
Services
Platform Development, Digital Marketing
Oyaah

Oyaah is our in-house event discovery and booking platform, built to make finding, listing, and ticketing events effortless for both organizers and attendees in Zanzibar and beyond. The platform handles everything from event listings and ticket sales to payment processing and organizer dashboards. Whether it's a marathon, a TEDx, a beach party, or a business summit, Oyaah is the digital backbone that connects events with the people who want to attend them.

Outcomes

live events on the platform in the early launch phase
4 Events Listed
tickets processed through the platform since launch
78 Tickets Sold
end-to-end event discovery, booking, and ticketing system deployed
Full Platform Live
active social media building awareness across Instagram and Twitter/X
Growing Presence

The challenge

Where we started

Zanzibar's event scene is booming (marathons, music festivals, tech summits, cultural celebrations) but there was no local-first platform that handled discovery and ticketing in one place. Event organizers were scattered across WhatsApp, Instagram DMs, and manual payment collection. Oyaah needed to solve that with a clean, mobile-friendly platform that works for both tourists and locals, with payment options that match the market.

What we delivered

Scope of work

  • 01

    Full event discovery and booking platform: design, development, and deployment

  • 02

    Event listing system with organizer dashboards and management tools

  • 03

    Ticketing engine with integrated payment processing

  • 04

    User accounts for attendees with booking history and ticket management

  • 05

    Mobile-responsive design for on-the-go event browsing and booking

  • 06

    Social media management across Instagram and Twitter/X

  • 07

    Digital marketing strategy for platform awareness and organizer onboarding

Our take

Oyaah is ours, built from scratch because we saw the gap firsthand. Every time we worked on events like TEDxZanzibar or the Fumba Marathon, the same problem showed up: no proper local platform for discovery and ticketing. So we built one. We're early (4 events, 78 tickets) but the foundation is solid and the product is live. This is the Eventbrite for the islands, and we're just getting started.

How we shipped

Project timeline

  1. 01

    Research & Product Design

    3 weeks

    Market research, feature scoping, UI/UX design, and platform architecture

  2. 02

    Platform Development

    6 weeks

    Full-stack build: event listings, ticketing engine, payments, organizer dashboards

  3. 03

    Launch & Onboarding

    2 weeks

    Platform launch, first event listings, and organizer onboarding

  4. 04

    Growth & Marketing

    Ongoing

    Social media campaigns, organizer outreach, and platform iteration

What we provided

Services used

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Last updated: June 24, 2026