How to List Your East African Business on HittaOss and Get Found Across Sweden
If you run a business in Sweden and your customers are mainly from the East African community, there is a good chance that hundreds — maybe thousands — of potential customers in your city have no idea you exist. Not because your service is poor. Because they simply cannot find you.
HittaOss.se was built specifically to solve this problem. It is Sweden’s dedicated business directory for East African and African-owned businesses — a single platform where community members go to search for the services they need, in a space that already understands their language, culture, and context.
Step 1: Create Your Account Go to hittaoss.se and click “Add Listing.” Create a free account using your email address. You can upgrade to a featured listing at any time.
Step 2: Choose Your Category HittaOss has categories covering restaurants and catering, hair and beauty, translation services, legal advisory, halal grocery, events, childcare, and much more. Choose the category that best fits your business. You can appear in multiple categories if your work spans more than one.
Step 3: Fill In Your Business Profile Add your business name, a clear description (write it in Swedish and English if possible — and Tigrinya, Amharic, Somali, or Arabic if relevant to your customers), your address, phone number, opening hours, and a professional photo or logo.
Step 4: Enable Bookings and Messaging This is where HittaOss stands apart from a basic listing site. You can enable online booking so customers can schedule appointments directly through your profile. You can also activate the direct messaging feature so people can reach you instantly without searching for your phone number.
Step 5: Ask for Your First Reviews After your first few customers interact with you through the platform, ask them to leave a review. Reviews are the single most powerful trust signal on any directory. Five honest reviews from real customers are worth more than any paid advertisement.
Getting listed on HittaOss is not just about having a web presence. It is about being inside the space where your community is already looking. Stop being invisible. Your listing takes less than 15 minutes to set up.
