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How Turkish senders fund people in Ethiopia
North Africa and the Middle East have deep trade and diplomatic ties with Addis. Local bank payout isn't available on this route from Istanbul, so Grey runs it Grey-to-Grey. Your recipient holds a free Grey account with a USD balance. You send to their GreyTag from Türkiye.
The dollars arrive instantly and free. They spend by virtual card at the African Union and ECA, Addis Ababa University and most merchants, or withdraw as stablecoin.
How sending to Ethiopia works

Sign up
You open Grey in Türkiye with your passport or kimlik. Your recipient opens Grey in Ethiopia with their passport or local ID. Both take a few minutes.
Fund
Hold your foreign earnings in USD on Grey. When a payment to Ethiopia is due, convert exactly that amount to USD and send.
Send
GreyTag to GreyTag, dollars to dollars. The transfer to Addis Ababa is instant and free from Istanbul.
What this route costs
Card payments in Addis Ababa convert at the point of sale. Your recipient sees the exact dollar amount deducted for each purchase, at the African Union and ECA or a corner shop. You see the USD cost of what you sent from Istanbul.

Rate fixed at confirmation

No rate applies on this route. Dollars sent from Istanbul arrive as the same dollars in Addis Ababa.
For a monthly allowance, that means the exact figure every time, with nothing lost in between.


Why a Grey-to-Grey transfer beats a wire here
A dollar wire from Istanbul to a bank in Addis Ababa takes days, attracts a receiving fee, and then converts at the bank's rate. A GreyTag transfer lands in seconds, costs nothing, and your recipient spends dollars directly at the African Union and ECA or anywhere else. For anyone living in Ethiopia on money from abroad, the card is the bank.
What your recipient gets in Ethiopia
Dollars in their own Grey account, instantly, sent from Istanbul. They spend on a Grey virtual card at the African Union and ECA, Addis Ababa University, shops, restaurants and online. They can also hold USD, EUR or GBP balances, or convert to USDC and withdraw to a wallet of their choice.

Grey virtual card
Rain Visa or Miden Mastercard, accepted across Addis Ababa and online.

Hold in dollars
Keep the balance in USD and spend as needed. No forced conversion.

Stablecoin withdrawal
Convert to USDC and withdraw to an external wallet when local cash is needed.
How to fund
Turkish exporters and freelancers receive USD into Grey from foreign buyers and clients. Sending from that balance avoids the lira leg entirely. From there, the GreyTag transfer to Addis Ababa is dollars to dollars, instant and free.
USD account
Receive salary or client payments into your Grey USD details.
EUR or GBP account
European or UK income lands here and converts to USD directly.
GreyTag
Money from other Grey users arrives instantly and free.
A monthly allowance to Addis Ababa is simplest with a standing balance and the recipient's GreyTag saved.
Who sends from Türkiye to Ethiopia
Conference travellers
Topping up your own Grey card before an AU summit or ECA event.
Diaspora families
Support for relatives in Addis, Bahir Dar, Hawassa and Dire Dawa.
AU and UN staff
Family support for those posted to the African Union, ECA and agencies in Addis.
Students
Allowances for students at Addis Ababa University and regional institutes.
Turkish exporters, freelancers and expatriates hold USD on Grey and send from there, avoiding the lira leg. On this route it's mostly people supporting someone who's physically in Addis Ababa: students at Addis Ababa University, patients, posted staff and long-stay residents. All of them can hold a Grey account there.
Why Grey for Türkiye to Ethiopia
Ethiopia isn't a bank-payout corridor for Grey, from Istanbul 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.
No conversion from Istanbul. Dollars land in your recipient's Grey account in Addis Ababa instantly. No local bank payout on this route.


