TOP 5 Android Apps You Should Need When Traveling to Ethiopia

Ethiopia is different from the rest of the world in many things. So when you are planning to visit this country, you need to gather information about the second-most populous country in Africa [Ethiopia]. But for this topic, We Compiled TOP 5 Android Apps You Should Need When Traveling to Ethiopia

1. RIDE Passenger ET

RIDE is the #1 RIDE hailing and booking platform in Ethiopia. You can call their dispatch center at 8294/taxi, or use RIDE FREE Passenger App to book/hail your next trip on the streets of Addis Ababa. NO surge pricing. Whether you need a ride to/from the airport, or a quick RIDE service to get there on time, RIDE is the fastest and safest option in town. Over a thousand vehicles are on standby, on every corner, to service your needs, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, including Holidays.
Are you a tourist in Addis Ababa? You can pre-book a RIDE days ahead. A well-vetted member driver arrives outside your stay, on time for a pickup. Instead of waiting on a hotel shuttle to fill up, you can use RIDE Passenger App to get a cab in minutes from anywhere in Addis Ababa. You’ll feel safe and accomplished by the day’s end because our drivers are keen on your absolute convenience.

Booking or hailing a taxi on RIDE is so simple:
⊛ Set your initial location on a map
⊛ Set your destination location on a map
⊛ Set the payment and booking schedule, and confirm. No worries, drivers accept cash.
⊛ A nearby driver calls you after accepting the order to verify your exact location
⊛ You can also see the driver’s picture, vehicle license plate and side numbers, and brief info on the driver. After completing a trip, you can request a paper-based receipt, or review our e-receipt sent out to your email automatically, upon payment confirmation.

2. Ethiopian Calendar (ቀን መቁጠሪያ)

The Ethiopian calendar is a solar calendar that has more in common with the Coptic calendar of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Coptic Catholic Church, but like the Julian calendar, it adds a leap day every four years without exception and begins the year on August 29 or August 30 in the Julian calendar.

This app is a free Ethiopian Calendar with the following features
⊛ Simple to use and navigate
⊛ Has built-in alarm and notification system
⊛ Works for past and upcoming years
⊛ Supports conversion from Ethiopian Calendar to Gregorian Calendar
⊛ Supports conversion from Gregorian Calendar to Ethiopian Calendar
⊛ Has a full list of national and religious holidays of Ethiopia
⊛ It asks no permission and has no adds
⊛ Its size is small- but it is fully-fledged
⊛ Provides multiple information about the month at a glance

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3. Oromoo, Amharic, English Dictionary

Amharic serves as the working language of Ethiopia and is also the working language of several of the states within the Ethiopian federal system.^[1] Amharic is the second most commonly-spoken mother tongue of Ethiopia (after Oromo), but the most widely spoken in terms of total speakers. It is also the second-most commonly spoken Semitic language in the world (after Arabic).^[2][3]

Oromo/Afaan Oromoo has the largest number of native speakers in Ethiopia, Oromo serves as one of the official working languages of Ethiopia^[4] and is also the working language of several of the states within the Ethiopian federal system including Oromia,^[3]Harari and Dire Dawa regional states, and of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region. It is a language of primary education in Oromia, Harari, Dire Dawa, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Addis Ababa and of the Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region

Oromo to Amharic and Amharic to Oromo with English Dictionary is a User-friendly interface & easy switching dictionary by swapping or clicking among one to another language.

App Features:
⊛ Auto search history
⊛ Voice pronunciation of words
⊛ Words bookmark & favorite list options
⊛ Lightweight and fast searching
⊛ Internet connection is not required

4. Ethiopian Airlines

Travel is now redefined. Upgrade your travel experience with the brand-new Ethiopian Airlines Mobile App and enjoy up to a 10 percent discount.

Features:

⊛ Booking

Manage your booking easily! Select between one way or round trip, choose your origin and destination airport, flight date, search fares with money or miles option, select fare, provide personal detail, contact detail and select your preferred meal type, select your payment option and purchase your ticket, you can also have the option to pay with miles for Sheba Miles member, hold on the reservation or pay at the agent.

⊛ My Trips

Walk through your booking! You can see your past and upcoming trip summary, manage your trips, view itinerary and pricing detail, select your preferred seat, update your travel document information and contact detail, continue to pay for hold on reservations.

⊛ Check-in & Boarding

You can check-in by entering booking reference number, ticket number, or frequent flyer number, select the passengers for check-in, select seat for each of the passengers, provide, travel document information, residence address, a destination address, and emergency contact detail based on the rule of the country where you are flying to, you can also continue to check-in by selecting the booking you made from the trip summary that we locally save for you in your phone. We finally generate and display your boarding passes.

⊛ Flight Status

Select a destination of your choice and browse your flight status. You can search all Ethiopian flights by route or flight number and see the result for yesterday, today, and tomorrow departure and arrival time, airport information, and flight status.

5. Amharic keyboard FynGeez – Ethiopia – fyn ግዕዝ

FynGeez Amharic keyboard (አማርኛ ኪቦርድ / መተየቢያ)developed by fyn systems for Amharic, Tigrigna, and Afaan Oromoo speakers living in Ethiopia or abroad. Which helps you to type in Amharic, Tigrigna, and Afaan Oromoo (አማርኛ, ትግርኛና Oromiffa)

fyn ግዕዝ 2 Features
⊛ Four languages (Amharic, Tigrigna, Oromiffa & English)
⊛ Word Prediction
⊛ Emoji
⊛ Voice type for English
⊛ Add new words to user dictionary for next suggestion
⊛ Customization with many color themes
⊛ Theme maker
⊛ Four Geez Layouts (for Tigrigna and Amharic Keyboard)
⊛ Custom font changing
⊛ Customize-able Keyboard height

fyn ግዕዝ 2 supported Keyboards
★ Tigrigna Keyboard, Oromiffa Keyboard, Amharic Keyboard

★ Amharic Keyboard (fyn Geez), Tigrigna Keyboard, Afaan Oromoo keyboard, Ethiopian Keyboard, helps you write in Amharic, Tigrigna, and Afaan Oromoo languages.

★ FynGeez Amharic keyboard has a word prediction and suggestion function for faster input.

★ FynGeez Amharic keyboard has many exclusively available features.

★ FynGeez Amharic keyboard lets you customize your keyboard with color themes and even lets you create your theme.

★ FynGeez Amharic keyboard contains 4 Geez layouts to choose from based on your previous typing experience.

★ Fyn Geez Ethiopian keyboard is also capable of font changing.

★ Fyn Geez Ethiopian keyboard is the best free Amharic (Ethiopian) keyboard available on the Google play store.