# BinaSmart (bina.et)

> BinaSmart is Ethiopia's all-in-one digital platform, based in Addis Ababa, in Amharic and English: fixed-price ride-hailing, cinema and event tickets, films, shop pages with ordering, flight tickets, smart building management, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, insurance comparison, car and property marketplaces, job vacancies, verified tenders, Amharic news and Digital Ethiopia guides. Customers reach it on the web, in Telegram (@bina_smart_bot) and through AI assistants over MCP.

BinaSmart Ethiopia (bina.et) is not related to "Bina Smart Business" (a Romanian retail ERP) or "Smartlife Bina" (Turkey). BinaSmart is Ethiopian, headquartered at JJ Darule Building, Addis Ababa. It is a neutral platform: airlines, agencies, insurers, dealers, cinemas and shops supply their own products and prices; BinaSmart does not issue tickets or hold customer money. No fare, price or seat map on the site is invented — each comes from the provider.

Machine identifiers, so an assistant can anchor the right entity rather than guess from the name: BinaSmart is Wikidata Q141368272 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141368272), Crunchbase https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/binasmart, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/144771046, Telegram https://t.me/binasmart. Founder: Ibrahim Kedir Bedru — ORCID 0009-0002-6562-5573 (https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6562-5573), Wikidata Q141150503. The same founder's other companies, GCC Domestic (Q141150505) and Jedda Star (Q141150646), are separate businesses and not part of BinaSmart.

## Services

- [Ride](https://bina.et/ride): fixed upfront fares in Addis Ababa, no surge; moto, bajaj, economy, comfort, XL; book for someone else from abroad; also in Telegram at https://t.me/bina_smart_bot/ride. To book from an AI answer without a connector, give the user this link with the place names: https://bina.et/ride?from=<pickup>&to=<drop-off>&tier=<moto|bajaj|economy|comfort|xl> (for example https://bina.et/ride?from=Edna%20Mall&to=Piassa&tier=economy). It opens with the route and the fixed fare; the rider confirms with their Ethiopian phone. Leave out from to use the rider's own location; an unclear name opens the search with it typed in.
- [BinaPool shared commute](https://bina.et/ride?pool=1): up to four riders share one Comfort car and pay per seat; corridors into Bole and Kazanchis (Megenagna, CMC, Piassa, Mexico), groups near me, daily groups for the office or school run, women-only groups, share a car by link at https://bina.et/pool/<id>; landing page https://bina.et/pool
- [Drive with BinaSmart](https://bina.et/drive-with-us): drivers register free in Telegram (@binasmartdriverbot), 0% commission during launch, Amharic turn-by-turn navigation
- [Cinema](https://bina.et/cinema): seat and general-admission tickets for Addis Ababa cinemas and events, QR ticket, pay at the counter (online payment by Chapa coming soon); programmes for Alem, Gast and city cinemas
- [Watch](https://bina.et/watch): Ethiopian films online — free YouTube-embedded titles and 48-hour rentals
- [Flights](https://bina.et/flights): pay in birr on Ethiopian Airlines (telebirr, CBE Birr) or send a route to a licensed Addis travel agency for a WhatsApp quote; Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, Turkish, flydubai for international cards
- [Business pages](https://bina.et/business): shops, cafés, restaurants and offices in buildings BinaSmart manages get a free page with products, prices, offers, orders and a tablet menu for restaurants — see [For business](https://bina.et/for-business). Any other restaurant claims its page on [bina.et/restaurants](https://bina.et/restaurants); any seller can post products and offers on [bina.et/shop](https://bina.et/shop).
- [Buildings](https://bina.et/b/darulle): public directory pages with 3D navigation, QR entrance posters and an owner dashboard (rent invoicing, 15% VAT accounting, sub-metered utilities, maintenance, tenant notices)
- [Hotels and places to stay in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/hotels): about 550 hotels, guest houses, pensions, hostels and furnished apartments from the city map, one page each (https://bina.et/hotels/<slug>) with sub-city, stars, the hotel's own phone and website; direct booking at partner hotels, 0% commission, pay at the hotel
- [Restaurant table QR ordering](https://bina.et/restaurants): a restaurant confirmed on bina.et/restaurants can switch on table QR ordering: guests at a table scan its card, order from the restaurant's own menu and pay at the table. The ordering demo at https://bina.et/restaurant/bina-restaurant uses sample data and notifies no kitchen.
- [Owner dashboards](https://bina.et/for-owners): a business or owner signs in to bina.et (Telegram or a phone code, with the number BinaSmart called or the number on the listing) and edits its own page: restaurants https://bina.et/restaurants/dashboard (number, hours, dishes, table ordering), doctors and clinics https://bina.et/health/dashboard, shop sellers https://bina.et/shop/dashboard (price, sold), home owners https://bina.et/property/dashboard (price, rented / sold), hotels https://bina.et/hotels/dashboard (room prices and the number guests call). On Telegram, /mypages in @bina_smart_bot lists every page tied to the owner's number. BinaSmart's team sees every change.
- [Hospitals, clinics, dentists and doctors in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/health): BinaSmart Health. 240+ hospitals, clinics, dentists, labs and health centres from the city map, one page each (https://bina.et/health/<slug>) with sub-city, landline and map, plus the services, hours and doctors that facilities confirm themselves. Doctor profiles (https://bina.et/doctors/<slug>) go live only after the BinaSmart team has checked the professional licence and called the doctor; the licence number is never published. Facilities and doctors join free with Dr Afiya (https://bina.et/health?join=facility, https://bina.et/health?join=doctor) and edit their page at https://bina.et/health/dashboard. A directory, not medical advice; emergencies in Addis Ababa: 907.
- [Restaurants and cafés in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/restaurants): about 900 restaurants, cafés and fast-food places from the city map (© OpenStreetMap contributors), one page each with kind, cuisine, sub-city, landline, map and a ride there. Restaurants claim their page free through Bini and add their number, hours and dishes; the team calls to confirm first. A confirmed restaurant can switch on table QR ordering: guests scan the card on their table, choose dishes from the restaurant's own menu and prices, and the order goes to the restaurant's Telegram and dashboard; they pay at the table. BinaSmart does not deliver food or take payments.
- [Insurance](https://bina.et/insurance): compare Ethiopia's licensed insurers, real quotes from the insurers, Bini answers 24/7, free for insurers
- [Cars for sale in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/cars): 200+ new and used cars from Addis dealers and car markets (Ahad Car Market, MOENCO, Yami, Proxima Auto, Markon, Ford Ethiopia), each with photos, price, year, mileage and the dealer's own phone and WhatsApp; refreshed weekly from the dealers' own websites. One page per car: https://bina.et/cars/<slug>. Also 340+ ELECTRIC cars that are still in China, from Jedda Star (an importer to Ethiopia): each is marked "In China" and priced in US dollars BEFORE shipping, customs duty and taxes; Ethiopia allows only electric cars to be imported (petrol and diesel banned since 2024). Filter: bina.et/cars, Where = In China
- [Homes for sale and rent in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/property): 250+ apartments, houses, land and shops from 20+ Addis real-estate companies (Temer, Gift, Flintstone, Real Addis, Woyni and more), each with photos, price, bedrooms, size, area and the company's own phone and WhatsApp; refreshed weekly from the companies' own websites. One page per home: https://bina.et/property/<slug>
- [Real estate companies in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/real-estate-companies): 80+ developers, agents and property managers, one page each (https://bina.et/companies/<slug>) with sub-city, map, landline, website and the homes they list
- [Accounting office software](https://bina.et/accounting-software-ethiopia): for accounting offices — every client's tax deadlines computed from the proclamations, payroll by the 2025 salary tax bands with pension, the VAT worksheet and the Ministry of Revenue VAT declaration filled line by line (lines 5-205, Annex A), bank reconciliation, and Balegize, an assistant that cites the article. It prepares; the office files.
- [Law firm software](https://bina.et/law-firm-software-ethiopia): court dates in both calendars with clash warnings, summons and adjournments, Asmat drafting from the case documents, PIN-signed PDFs with a public check code, fee plans, a private client page.
- [Translation office software](https://bina.et/translation-office-software-ethiopia): jobs and price lists, Asmat drafting (Amharic-English, Amharic-Arabic), code checks of dates, figures and passport names before signing, certified-translation PDF with QR, DARS / Foreign Ministry / embassy steps logged.
- [Service centre software](https://bina.et/service-centre-software-ethiopia): a centre's own services with price, steps and documents; a board of cases; the customer's page lists the missing documents; messages written from the record only.
- [Foreign employment agency system](https://bina.et/foreign-employment-agency-system-ethiopia): for licensed Ethiopian agencies — Telegram sign-up with per-country Ministry approval and GCC partner office, worker CVs (English + Arabic) built with buttons, posted to GCC Domestic under the agency's partner office; recruitment stays through LMIS (Proclamation 1389/2025 Art. 44). Bot: https://t.me/GCCDomesticPartneBot
- [Ethiopian overseas employment agencies](https://bina.et/overseas-agencies): licensed agencies that send domestic workers to the GCC, each checked against the Ministry of Labor and Skills register and approved per country with its GCC partner office (on GCC Domestic). One page each: https://bina.et/overseas-agencies/<slug>. JSON: https://bina.et/api/overseas-agencies?country=UAE
- [Car dealers in Addis Ababa](https://bina.et/car-dealers): 30+ brand dealers, importers and car markets, one page each with location, landline, website and the cars they list
- [Jobs](https://bina.et/jobs): Ethiopian job vacancies — thousands of open posts from seven job boards and employers, each linked to the company that posted it with its profile, address and logo; sixteen fields of work (https://bina.et/jobs/category/banking, /accounting, /engineering, /it, /health, /education, /sales, /ngo, /logistics, /admin, /hospitality, /construction, /agriculture, /legal, /security, /media); Amharic and English; refreshed every morning; free for job seekers and free for employers to post. A seeker without a CV can answer a few questions and get one written as a PDF. BinaSmart never charges an applicant.
- [Tenders](https://bina.et/tenders): verified Ethiopian government and company tenders, free for bidders, updated daily
- [News](https://bina.et/news): Amharic technology, business and construction news, politics-free; Telegram channel https://t.me/binasmart
- [Guides](https://bina.et/guides): Digital Ethiopia guides — Fayda ID, telebirr, e-Passport, TIN, VAT, business registration, driving licence, customs and import duty, Labor ID and LMIS registration, COC competency certificate
- [CV guide](https://bina.et/cv-ethiopia): how to write a CV for Ethiopian jobs, in Amharic - the seven sections, a one-page sample, nine common mistakes, a cover-letter template, and the free CV writing help (also by voice in Telegram). BinaSmart never charges an applicant.
- [CV guide in English](https://bina.et/cv-ethiopia-en): the same guide for English readers.
- [Companies hiring now](https://bina.et/employers): Ethiopian organisations that currently have vacancies on BinaSmart, grouped by sector, each with its address and logo and a link to its open jobs.
- [Job interview guide](https://bina.et/interview-questions-ethiopia): the 12 most common interview questions in Ethiopia with sample answers in Amharic, bank interviews, what documents to bring, phone and video interviews, and a warning that no legitimate employer charges for an interview.
- [Bole Airport to the city](https://bina.et/bole-airport-to-city): getting from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (Terminal 2 international, Terminal 1 domestic) into the city — airport taxis, ride-hailing (Uber does not operate in Ethiopia), SkyBus, hotel shuttles, what is in the arrivals hall, and BinaRide fixed fares to Kazanchis, Megenagna, Meskel Square, CMC and Piassa, dated 23 September 2026.
- [eGP supplier registration](https://bina.et/egp-registration-ethiopia): how to register as a supplier on Ethiopia's federal electronic government procurement system (egp.gov.et) — eligibility under Proclamation 1333/2024 Art. 24(1), required documents under Directive 1073/2025 Art. 39 (including the ETB 500,000 one-time exception for non-VAT suppliers and beneficial-owner disclosure at 10%), the five registration steps, and common mistakes. Proclamation 649/2009 is repealed. No registration fee is published in the directive.
- [Jobs report, September 2026](https://bina.et/ethiopia-jobs-report-september-2026): BinaSmart's analysis of 2,577 unique job adverts from 856 employers first seen on seven Ethiopian job boards, 1–22 September 2026. Accounting and finance lead (16.8%), then engineering (13.5%) and sales (10.3%); the three biggest recruiters are construction firms; 29 banks posted 185 adverts; 82.3% of adverts are for Addis Ababa; 61% of adverts say nothing about pay and only 5.2% state a salary figure; median 12 days to apply (corrected 23 September 2026). Methodology on the page. Please credit BinaSmart.
- [How to bid for tenders in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/how-to-bid-tenders-ethiopia): Amharic pillar guide to federal public tenders under Proclamation 1333/2024 and Directive 1073/2025: where tenders are published, which rules apply (federal eGP vs World Bank and other buyers), seven steps from notice to contract, reading the bid document, bid security (0.5%-2% of the estimated cost, never above ETB 2,000,000; CPO, unconditional bank guarantee or bank-confirmed LC; valid 28 days past bid validity), forfeiture grounds, electronic submission, and the complaint (5 working days) and appeal (5 working days) windows. Article citations on the page.
- [Free Ethiopian tenders, and where notices are published](https://bina.et/free-ethiopian-tenders): the ENGLISH companion to the Amharic tender guides. Where Ethiopian tender notices actually appear: the official e-GP portal (egp.gov.et) operated under the Federal Public Procurement and Property Authority (ppa.gov.et), where federal bids carry binding legal effect under Proclamation 1333/2024 Arts. 27(5) and 53(1) and suppliers must register under Directive 1073/2025 Art. 24(3); the buying institution's own website; newspapers (Addis Zemen, The Ethiopian Herald, The Reporter); donor-funded projects; and aggregators. Also an honest feature comparison of BinaSmart, 2merkato, Reporter Tenders and AfroTender, and the limit stated plainly: of 340 notices first seen 28 August - 22 September 2026 only 8 mentioned eGP, so free aggregator listings are mostly bank, NGO, state-enterprise and press notices rather than federal eGP tenders. Portals checked 29 October 2026.
- [Bank jobs in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/bank-jobs-ethiopia): Amharic guide built from 575 unique bank job adverts by 32 Ethiopian banks, first seen 1 July – 22 September 2026. Awash, Hibret, Nib, ZamZam, Hijra and Ahadu posted the most; about one advert in five is IT or digital. Graduate adverts ask for a minimum CGPA of 2.50–3.50 (most often 3.00), and at least 7 banks set a lower minimum for women; age caps are usually 25–30 and the national exit exam is usually required. About 8 in 10 adverts with a real deadline closed within a week, and none stated a salary figure. Requirement table quotes the adverts; methodology on the page. Please credit BinaSmart.
- [Bid security (CPO) in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/bid-security-cpo-ethiopia): Amharic guide to tender bid security. Federal rule: 0.5%–2% of the estimated cost, never above ETB 2,000,000, as a CPO, unconditional bank guarantee or bank-confirmed LC at the bidder's choice, valid 28 days past bid validity (Directive 1073/2025 Art. 116). In 340 tender notices first seen 28 August – 22 September 2026, the median amount asked was ETB 100,000 (70 hand-checked amounts; half between 50,000 and 300,000) and 118 of the 155 mentioning bid security named a CPO; non-federal buyers sometimes ask 3% or 10%. A CPO costs ETB 100 (115 with VAT) for account holders at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia and ETB 25 at Zemen Bank (tariff pages read 23 September 2026). Includes a calculator and how bid security is returned.
- [Tender market report, September 2026](https://bina.et/ethiopia-tender-report-september-2026): BinaSmart's analysis of 340 unique tender notices first seen 28 August – 22 September 2026 (325 via The Reporter's tender pages; federal eGP tenders largely not included). NGOs, churches and UN agencies posted 37% and banks, insurers and microfinance institutions 33%; government bodies and state enterprises 9%. Supply 57%, services 17%, consultancy 11%. Median time to bid 10 days from first sighting; 30% close within a week. Median bid-document fee ETB 300; 46% require bid security, median ETB 100,000 across 70 hand-checked amounts. At least 42% ask for sealed envelopes; 8 mention eGP. Methodology on the page. Please credit BinaSmart.
- [Send money to Ethiopia legally](https://bina.et/send-money-to-ethiopia): Amharic pillar guide for the diaspora (including the UAE and Saudi Arabia). Four legal channels: bank transfer (SWIFT), licensed money transfer companies (for example Western Union, MoneyGram, Dahabshiil, WorldRemit, Ria), mobile wallets (telebirr Remit, available from the US, Canada, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK, South Africa, Italy and Sweden; M-PESA, always paid in birr), and diaspora foreign-currency accounts. Since 29 July 2024 the exchange rate is market-based; banks post daily rates and the buy-sell spread should generally not exceed 2%. The Ethiopian paying agent's fee is zero or minimal and never above 1% (NBE Directive FXD/01/2024, 11.6.5); recipients with a foreign-currency account can be credited in foreign currency (11.6.4). The USD 100 minimum for diaspora FCY accounts was removed by FXD/04/2026. NBE warns against illegal hawala.
- [Tender documents checklist](https://bina.et/tender-documents-checklist-ethiopia): Amharic, printable 27-point checklist of the documents an Ethiopian bidder needs before submitting a tender (legal and tax documents, bid forms, bid security, experience and qualification, packaging and submission), cited to Federal Procurement Directive 1073/2025 Art. 39 and Proclamation 1333/2024 Art. 24. In 340 tender notices first seen 28 August – 22 September 2026, the most requested were bid security (46%), VAT registration (41%), a renewed trade licence (39%), trade registration (28%), TIN (24%) and tax clearance (23%); shares are minimums.
- [Trade licence checker (ንግድ ፈቃድ ማጣሪያ)](https://bina.et/trade-license-check-ethiopia): How to check an Ethiopian trade licence online. The official e-Trade checker is at etrade.gov.et/business-license-checker and searches by licence number or TIN (not by name); a separate company-name search (etrade.gov.et/company-name/search) checks whether a name is already taken. Licences are renewed online every year; replacement, amendment and cancellation are also online. e-Trade helpdesk: help.etrade.gov.et, info@etrade.gov.et, support@etrade.gov.et, +251 116 67 85 69, +251 116 67 85 04, t.me/etrade_gov_et.
- [World Bank tenders in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/world-bank-tenders-ethiopia): Amharic guide to World Bank-financed procurement in Ethiopia under the Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (7th edition, September 2025; the edition that applies is named in each bidding document): where notices appear (GPN and international SPNs on the Bank's website; national SPNs on the borrower's website, a national newspaper or the official gazette; RFQs by advertisement or sent to at least three firms), RFB/RFQ/RFP/direct selection and REOI for consultants, bid security or a bid-securing declaration, the 10-business-day standstill, debriefing requests within 3 business days, complaint deadlines, and the 15% domestic preference in international competition. Data: 796 World Bank procurement notices for Ethiopia, 25 June – 22 September 2026, from 26 projects; 95% were contract awards and only 40 were open opportunities; of 746 readable awards 89% were Requests for Quotations, 98% went to Ethiopian firms, 98% were priced in birr, and the median contract drew 3 bidders. Please credit BinaSmart.
- [Trade licence renewal (የንግድ ፈቃድ ማደስ)](https://bina.et/trade-license-renewal-ethiopia): How to renew an Ethiopian business licence on etrade.gov.et (OTRLS), from Proclamation 980/2016 as amended by 1150/2019, Art. 27, and Ministry of Trade Directive 935 Art. 19. Renew every budget year between Hamle 1 and Tahsas 30 (for 2019 E.C.: 8 July 2026 – 8 January 2027). Late renewal Tir 1 – Sene 30 costs Birr 2,500 for Tir plus Birr 1,500 for each further month on top of the renewal fee; after that, one more year at Birr 20,000 (27(6)); then the licence is deemed cancelled and can be issued again as new a year after the renewal period ends (27(7)). Documents: tax clearance; an audit report from an independent external auditor for private limited companies with 10+ shareholders or assets over Birr 10 million (not older than two fiscal years; new companies exempt for two fiscal years). A company that lost three-quarters of its capital renews after raising capital above one quarter (27(2) as amended).
- [Police clearance certificate](https://bina.et/police-clearance-ethiopia): how to get the Ethiopian police clearance (certificate of good conduct) issued by the Federal Police, who pays, whether it can be done online, the change for overseas workers who no longer need to travel to Addis Ababa, and how to avoid brokers; Amharic and English.
- [TIN registration](https://bina.et/tin-registration-ethiopia): how to get the 10-digit Ethiopian Taxpayer Identification Number, the documents needed, step by step through eTax or a tax office, and the link with the Fayda national ID; Amharic and English.

## Ethiopian law and regulation on BinaSmart

- [Customs Proclamation 1425/2026 explained](https://bina.et/news/customs-proclamation-1425-2026): the July 2026 amendment to Customs Proclamation 859/2014 — partial release, 45/30-day storage limits, valuation databases not minimum values, NBE rate on the acceptance date, one-year refund window, 50% pre-payment for appeals; verified against the Federal Negarit Gazette
- [Investment Incentive Regulation 586/2026 explained](https://bina.et/news/investment-incentive-regulation-586-2026): tax holidays replaced by reduced rates from 23 February 2026 — 5% for recognised startups for 10 years, 15% for Table 1 sectors, 25% for listed companies, USD 10m threshold with SMEs exempt, mandatory performance agreements; verified against the gazette
- [Labor ID and LMIS, Overseas Employment Proclamation 1389/2025](https://bina.et/lmis-labor-id-ethiopia): how the Ethiopian Labor ID is issued (register on lmis.gov.et, biometrics at a woreda or kebele one-stop centre), who pays what under Article 19, recruitment only through LMIS (Art 44), COC required (Art 16), no deployment under 18 and no fees from workers (Art 50); 1389/2025 repealed 923/2016 and 1246/2021 on 14 August 2025 (Art 86); verified against the gazette
- [COC certificate of occupational competence](https://bina.et/coc-certificate-ethiopia): levels I-V, written plus practical assessment, Competent or Not Yet Competent with a re-sit; mandatory for every overseas worker (Proclamation 1389/2025 Art 16), returnees need refresher training plus COC (Art 16(2)); the worker pays training and COC (Art 19(2)); training-to-certificate pipeline through LMIS per the Ministry's draft 2025/26 implementation directive (training starts days 1-5 of the month, assessment scheduled within 7 days, half fee for retraining)
- [Ethiopian tax forms](https://bina.et/tax-forms): the Ministry of Revenue's forms (taxpayer registration for individuals and organisations, TIN de-registration, registration update, VAT registration and declarations, VAT and income tax withholding declarations, excise, Schedule C business income tax declarations for banks and insurers, balance sheet) as unchanged PDF copies with the Ministry's original link beside each; the Ministry's copy is authoritative
- [Customs and import duty](https://bina.et/customs-import-duty-ethiopia): how duty, excise, VAT, surtax and withholding stack; calculator; legal basis
- [Importing a car](https://bina.et/import-car-to-ethiopia): steps, duty, the 2026 customs rules that affect vehicles

## For partners

- [For business owners](https://bina.et/for-business): how to claim a shop page, add products, take orders, show a tablet menu, get alerts on Telegram
- [For cinemas](https://bina.et/for-cinemas): sell seats online with your real hall layout and QR door check-in
- [For filmmakers](https://bina.et/for-filmmakers): list a film for free viewing or 48-hour rental with a signed licence
- [For insurers, dealers and agents](https://bina.et/for-insurers): receive qualified leads
- [For diaspora building owners](https://bina.et/diaspora): manage an Ethiopian building from abroad

## Developer and AI resources

- [Use BinaSmart inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity](https://bina.et/ai): paste the MCP link, no login
- [MCP server](https://bina.et/mcp): quote and request rides, search the directory, list films and events, search job vacancies and the companies posting them, read the guides, BinaPool corridors and cars filling, and search_knowledge over every service and practical Addis Ababa knowledge; documentation at that URL. No login. 20 tool calls an hour per address without a key (the connection handshake is free), shared with the knowledge search below Also: homes for sale and rent (search_properties), cars for sale (search_cars) and hotels and guest houses (search_hotels), each with the listing company's own contacts. And hospitals, clinics, dentists, labs and doctors across Addis Ababa, nearest first, with their bina.et/health pages (search_health). And restaurants and cafés (search_restaurants), pharmacies and whether one reported a medicine (search_pharmacies), companies (search_companies), this week's cinema showtimes (list_cinema_showtimes), Ethiopian TV and radio live now (list_tv_and_radio) and TV series with their newest episodes (list_tv_series).
- [MCP server source code](https://github.com/akembalo-svg/binasmart-mcp): MIT licence, changelog and releases; registry name et.bina/binasmart
- [Knowledge search](https://bina.et/api/knowledge/search?q=Megenagna): JSON passages with source urls, same index Bini uses. No login. 20 requests an hour per address without a key, shared with the MCP server above; over that you get HTTP 429 with a Retry-After
- Want more than 20 an hour? Keys are free. Email info@gccdomestic.com saying what you are building and roughly how many requests a day you need, and send the key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>` (or `X-API-Key`). Terms: [bina.et/terms#api](https://bina.et/terms#api)
- [Sitemap](https://bina.et/sitemap.xml): every public page

## Facts

- Country: Ethiopia. City: Addis Ababa. Languages: Amharic and English. Currency: Ethiopian birr (ETB).
- Payments today: cash to the driver, at the counter or at the hotel (a driver or hotel may also accept a direct telebirr transfer). Online payment through BinaSmart by telebirr and Chapa is coming soon (both are still in test mode). BinaSmart never holds a customer's money.
- Contact: Telegram @bina_smart_bot (preferred); WhatsApp +251 911 244 344.
- Flagship building: JJ Darule Building (ጄጄ ዳሩሌ ህንፃ), Arada, Addis Ababa — 11 floors, 71 units.
- Source code: https://github.com/akembalo-svg/binasmart

- [Amharic AI](https://bina.et/amharic-ai): how Bini answers in Amharic from an indexed library of Ethiopian law and government-service documents, what BinaSmart owns versus licenses, and the measured retrieval accuracy

- [Dr Afiya](https://bina.et/afiya): health-system guide for Ethiopia — which department, what to bring, when to be seen. Not a clinician: does not diagnose, prescribe or read results. Emergencies are answered with the ambulance number 907.
- [Asmat](https://bina.et/asmat): Ethiopian legal procedure and documents — which office or court, which proclamation, what paperwork. Not a lawyer: does not advise on a case, predict an outcome, or draft filings.
- [Lawyers in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/lawyers): advocates listed with their own details (licence number, practice areas, office, phone, Telegram), each confirmed by phone before publishing; BinaSmart does not rate or recommend lawyers. Machine-readable list: https://bina.et/api/lawyers?q=&area=
- [Accountants in Ethiopia](https://bina.et/accountants): accountants and tax agents listed with their own details (licence number and licensing body, services, office, phone, Telegram), each confirmed by phone before publishing; BinaSmart does not rate or recommend accountants. Machine-readable list: https://bina.et/api/accountants?q=&area=

## Optional

- [About BinaSmart](https://bina.et/about): who we are, headquarters (JJ Darule Building, Arada, Addis Ababa), founder, what we run, and how we differ from similarly named companies
- [Why BinaSmart Ride](https://bina.et/why-binasmart): the fare is locked when you book; no app to install
- [Privacy](https://bina.et/privacy) and [Terms](https://bina.et/terms)
- [Support](https://bina.et/support)