diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index dd241242e..13c1f18fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name: Deploy Stacks
-
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -9,52 +8,124 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read 
+  contents: read
 
 concurrency:
   group: deploy-${{ github.ref_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  detect-changes:
+    name: Detect changed services
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Determine changed services
+        id: filter
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          ALL_SERVICES=(
+            "freight-api"
+            "passenger-api"
+            "passenger-portal"
+            "passenger-backoffice"
+            "payment-api"
+          )
+
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${ALL_SERVICES[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -sc .)
+            echo "matrix=${JSON}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD)
+          echo "=== Changed files ==="
+          echo "$CHANGED"
+          echo "====================="
+
+          SERVICES=()
+
+          NON_DEPLOYABLE_PATTERN="^docs/|^README[.]md$|^DEPLOYMENT[.]md$|^CLAUDE[.]md$|^checkpoint[.]md$|^orgstructure[.]md$|^ITMLS_DB_Design[.]md$|.*[.]md$|^[.]eslintrc|^[.]prettierrc|^[.]editorconfig|^[.]gitignore|^[.]gitattributes|^commitlint[.]config[.]js$"
+
+          GLOBAL_PATTERN="^[.]github/|^docker-compose[.]yaml$|^turbo[.]json$|^tsconfig[.]json$|^tsconfig[.]base[.]json$|^pnpm-workspace[.]yaml$|^pnpm-lock[.]yaml$|^package[.]json$|^[.]env([.][a-z]+)?$|^packages/|^infrastructure/|^scripts/deploy/|^wagon.*[.]ts$|^cargo.*[.]ts$|^container.*[.]ts$|^use-.*[.]ts$|^.*[.]service[.]ts$|^.*[.]entity[.]ts$|^.*-types[.]ts$"
+
+          DEPLOYABLE=$(echo "$CHANGED" | grep -vE "$NON_DEPLOYABLE_PATTERN" || true)
+          if [ -z "$DEPLOYABLE" ]; then
+            echo "Only non-deployable files changed. Skipping deploy."
+            echo "matrix=[]" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -qE "$GLOBAL_PATTERN"; then
+            echo "Global file(s) changed — deploying all services."
+            JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${ALL_SERVICES[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -sc .)
+            echo "matrix=${JSON}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^apps/edr-freight-api/"              && SERVICES+=("freight-api")
+          echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^apps/edr-passenger-api/"            && SERVICES+=("passenger-api")
+          echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^apps/edr-passenger-web/portal/"     && SERVICES+=("passenger-portal")
+          echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^apps/edr-passenger-web/backoffice/" && SERVICES+=("passenger-backoffice")
+          echo "$CHANGED" | grep -q "^apps/edr-payment-api/"              && SERVICES+=("payment-api")
+
+          SERVICES=($(printf '%s\n' "${SERVICES[@]}" | sort -u))
+
+          if [ ${#SERVICES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "No deployable service changes detected."
+            echo "matrix=[]" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "Services to deploy: ${SERVICES[*]}"
+            JSON=$(printf '%s\n' "${SERVICES[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -sc .)
+            echo "matrix=${JSON}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
   deploy:
     name: Deploy ${{ matrix.service }}
+    needs: detect-changes
+    if: ${{ needs.detect-changes.outputs.matrix != '[]' }}
     runs-on: self-hosted
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include:
-          - project: edr-freight
-            build_env_file: freight-web.build.env
-            service: freight-api
-          # - project: edr-freight
-          #   build_env_file: freight-web.build.env
-          #   service: freight-portal
-          # - project: edr-freight
-          #   build_env_file: freight-web.build.env
-          #   service: freight-backoffice
-          - project: edr-passenger
-            build_env_file: passenger-web.build.env
-            service: passenger-api
-          - project: edr-passenger
-            build_env_file: passenger-web.build.env
-            service: passenger-portal
-          - project: edr-passenger
-            build_env_file: passenger-web.build.env
-            service: passenger-backoffice
-          - project: edr-payment
-            build_env_file: payment-web.build.env
-            service: payment-api
+        service: ${{ fromJson(needs.detect-changes.outputs.matrix) }}
     env:
-      PROJECT: ${{ matrix.project }}
       BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       DEPLOY_USER: tria
-      BUILD_ENV_FILE: ${{ matrix.build_env_file }}
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
       COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: "1"
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Resolve project and build env file
+        run: |
+          case "${{ matrix.service }}" in
+            freight-api|freight-portal|freight-backoffice)
+              echo "PROJECT=edr-freight"                      >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              echo "BUILD_ENV_FILE=freight-web.build.env"    >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              ;;
+            passenger-api|passenger-portal|passenger-backoffice)
+              echo "PROJECT=edr-passenger"                   >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              echo "BUILD_ENV_FILE=passenger-web.build.env"  >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              ;;
+            payment-api)
+              echo "PROJECT=edr-payment"                     >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              echo "BUILD_ENV_FILE=payment-web.build.env"    >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+              ;;
+            *)
+              echo "Unknown service: ${{ matrix.service }}" && exit 1
+              ;;
+          esac
+
       - name: Sync environment from server
         run: |
           chmod +x scripts/deploy/*.sh
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
index 17283e15b..79933843b 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/prisma/seed.ts
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ async function seedPaymentMethods() {
     { type: 'TELEBIRR', displayName: 'Telebirr', region: 'ETHIOPIA' },
     { type: 'CBE_BIRR', displayName: 'CBE Birr', region: 'ETHIOPIA' },
     { type: 'EBIRR', displayName: 'eBirr', region: 'ETHIOPIA' },
+    { type: 'WAAFI', displayName: 'Waffi', region: 'DJIBOUTI' },
     { type: 'CARD', displayName: 'Credit/Debit Card', region: 'GLOBAL' },
     { type: 'WALLET', displayName: 'Wallet', region: 'GLOBAL' },
   ];