The 10 Best Shopping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Salem's produces authentic Ethiopian handcrafts for personal and home accessories. Our main objective is to deliver quality designs that highlight the rich culture of handcrafts in Ethiopia while empowering Ethiopian craftspeople. In addition to producing on site, we also stock handcrafted items from other artisan groups. One of Salem's core values is committment to giving a fair return to all employees and co-op partners.

Go Addis Tours’ award-winning tours are fun, intimate and eye-opening. Our tours are the best way to explore Ethiopian culture, history, food and more. We offer food tours, city tours, market tours, wine tastings and more. Looking to travel in Ethiopia? Go Addis also offers custom tailored travel throughout Ethiopia. We are the #1 Ranked Tour company in Ethiopia and take pride in offering the best insight into Ethiopian culture and history, while taking care of the finer details to make sure your experiences are seamless.

We’re an Addis Ababa based Tour Company providing bespoke City, Food, Nature, Cultural and Wildlife tours & experiences across Ethiopia.

T&H Designs is a small jewelry and bag design business based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia started in 2007 by twin sisters, Tigist and Haimanot. The Gemini Trust, an organization dedicated to helping the families of twins, initially sparked the girls’ interest in making jewelry, and, since then, T&H has grown into a thriving business known for having the highest quality products in the city.

Ellilta Products was established in February, 2012 as an income-generating branch of Ellilta Women at Risk (EWAR) which is a local Ethiopian NGO that helps women find gainful job opportunities after leaving a life of prostitution. Ellilta Products was started to create job opportunities for women while simultaneously generating income for EWAR by producing scarves and various styles of jewelry. Now, Ellilta Products is the producer/supplier of scarves and jewelry for different clients around the world. All profit goes back into EWAR to help rehabilitate more women as well as grow their outreach to bring more women into the workforce.

The sammy brand links the artisan skills of one of Africa’s most ancient civilizations with American and European fashion know-how. The result; unique contemporary treasures, made in and out of Addis Ababa, that have already gathered fans from New York to Tokyo.

Leather Exotica is a leather accessories production company established by Ms Meron Seid in 2010. Our products are high quality unique designed women and men bags and accessories. Our motto is simplicity and uniqueness with functionality. We offer visitors a tour of our workshop that shows how each unit is designed and made by hand. We also encourage visitors to design their own designs.

WHAT IS TANIAN? ‘Tanian is an ancient term of endearment, coined by the earliest settlers-protectors of the spirit of an ancient Ethiopian lake, Lake Tana. Tanian is an experience which brings you closer to Ethiopian mysteries from the distant past. We take you there. Our objective is to create for you never-fading memories. We are Tanian’

Nomadic Ethiopia Tours established in 2006 as a local tour providing company based in Addis Ababa and a branch office in Arbaminch. The company specializes in custom adventures and special interest travels featuring a wide array of activities in the remote and nomadic destinations of Ethiopia. 'Nomadic' is run by multiple Ethiopian passionate Tour specialists who are born and raised in Arbaminch.