Coworking and remote work
Where to work from in Addis: coworking spaces with day passes, hotel lobbies with backup power, and what to check before you settle in.
Spaces and Regus sell day passes from about US$45. Local spaces are much cheaper. Prices change: check before you go.
Hotels and cafés
Hotel lobbies
The lobbies and cafés of big hotels in Bole and Kazanchis have good wifi and their own generators, so they keep running in a power cut. Buy a coffee or a meal and stay a while.
Cafés
Many cafés in Bole have wifi, but it's often slow and few have sockets. Fine for an hour of emails, not a day of calls.
Before you settle in
- Backup powerAsk if they have a generator. Power cuts happen, and without one the wifi goes too.
- Test the wifiRun a speed test before you pay for a week or a month.
- Mobile data as a backupA local SIM with data lets you hotspot your laptop when the wifi drops. 4G is good across the city.