Send money from the Netherlands to Ethiopia
Sending dollars to Ethiopia from the Netherlands
Grey doesn't pay out to Ethiopian bank accounts in local currency, from Amsterdam or anywhere else. What it does instead is often better for this corridor. Your recipient opens a free Grey account in Ethiopia. You send dollars to their GreyTag from the Netherlands. The money lands in seconds with no fee.
They spend it on a Grey virtual card anywhere Visa or Mastercard is accepted in Addis Ababa, hold it in USD, or convert to USDC and withdraw. The Ethiopian diaspora in Europe sends home regularly, and European NGOs pay Addis staff.
How sending to Ethiopia works

Sign up
Fund
Send
What this route costs

Rate fixed at confirmation

The EUR to USD rate you accept in Amsterdam is the rate applied. Whatever happens afterwards, the dollar balance your recipient receives doesn't change.
For a monthly allowance in Addis Ababa, that means the same dollar figure every time.


Why a Grey-to-Grey transfer beats a wire here
What your recipient gets in Ethiopia

Grey virtual card

Hold in dollars

Stablecoin withdrawal
How to fund
Bank transfer
Foreign earnings
Wallet balance
Who sends from the Netherlands to Ethiopia
Diaspora families
AU and UN staff
Students
Conference travellers
Why Grey for the Netherlands to Ethiopia
Ethiopia isn't a bank-payout corridor for Grey, from Amsterdam or anywhere else. It's a Grey-to-Grey corridor, and for students at Addis Ababa University, patients and posted staff in Addis Ababa that's the faster, cheaper option anyway.


