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Where to go in Addis, from people who just went.

Cafés with outlets, kitfo that’s still open, the LRT stop you need. Every spot was added by someone standing in it, and it goes quiet when nobody has been back in 90 days.

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Free. No account to look around. Amharic and English.

How the app looks

A spot has to keep earning its place.

  1. Someone adds it

    A pin, a name, a photo and a landmark, like “behind Edna Mall”. It shows up as New.

  2. Two other people confirm it

    Only from within 300 metres of the spot. Then it’s Verified.

  3. It gets asked again

    Every 90 days: “Still here?” No answers and it sinks. Two “closed” reports and it’s marked closed.

300 ቦታ

Before anyone else adds a thing, Anwar Misbah is photographing and checking 300 spots across Addis himself. Each square fills in the day one goes live.

0 of 300 done

100 of 100 Founding Spotter badges left. Add your first spot to claim one. It stays on your name for good.

Add a spot

What it costs: 0 birr.

You get

  • Spots near you, on a map or a list
  • Directions in your phone’s own maps app
  • Filters for Wi‑Fi, open late, family and fasting food
  • Amharic and English
  • An app that keeps working on a weak connection

You never get

  • Star ratings anyone can fake
  • Ads dressed up as spots
  • A sign-up wall before you can look
  • Your location stored
  • Your data sold to anyone

From Entoto to Merkato.

Around a hundred kinds of places, from padel courts and tej bets to EV chargers and embassy queues.

No store. Two taps.

Android

Open app.spots.et in Chrome, tap the menu, then Install app.

iPhone

Open app.spots.et in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

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