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Zuma Ambulance in Addis Ababa

An ambulance in minutes, dispatched like a ride.

How you pay in Ethiopia

Everything is priced in ETB (Br). No foreign card required.

Telebirr CBE Birr Card

Payments in this market fall under National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE). See our licensing status →

Addis Ababa at a glance

Population
5,230,000
Currency
ETB
Time zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa
Status
Launching soon

Be first when Zuma opens in Addis Ababa

We open a market when there are enough verified drivers, vendors and listings to serve it properly — not a day earlier. Waitlist demand is the biggest input into which city we open next, so adding your name genuinely moves Addis Ababa up the queue.

One email when we launch. No marketing list, no sharing your number.

Everything inside Zuma Ambulance

Emergency and scheduled medical transport: basic and advanced life support, mobile ICU, inter-hospital transfers. Doctors, hospitals and pharmacy are their own modules.

Emergency response

  • Basic life support (BLS) per trip
  • Advanced life support (ALS) per trip
  • Mobile ICU per trip
  • Accident & trauma per trip

Scheduled transport

  • Inter-hospital transfer per trip
  • Dialysis / clinic run per month
  • Maternity standby per trip
  • Event medical cover per day

Ambulance owners

  • Register an ambulance per vehicle
  • Hospital fleet onboarding per fleet

How Zuma Ambulance works

An ambulance in minutes, dispatched like a ride.

  1. 1
    Tap "Order ambulance" customer

    Share your location, the emergency type and a contact number.

    ⚙ Request created; nearest suitable ambulance located

  2. 2
    Dispatch the closest crew zuma

    Provider ambulances and platform ambulance drivers are both in the pool.

    ⚙ Dispatch broadcast; ETA shown; ops alerted

  3. 3
    Crew en route with live tracking provider

    Patient contact can call the crew directly.

    ⚙ Live location stream to the requester

  4. 4
    Settle and record zuma

    Fee charged to wallet, insurance or cash on arrival.

    ⚙ Ledger entry; trip record for the hospital

Common questions

Is Zuma Ambulance available in Addis Ababa?

Not yet. Zuma has not opened Zuma Ambulance in Addis Ababa, and we would rather say so than take a booking we cannot fulfil. Join the waitlist and you will hear from us the day it opens.

When will Zuma launch in Addis Ababa?

Ethiopia is in tier 0 of the rollout. We open a market when there are enough verified providers on the ground to serve it properly — waitlist demand is the main input into which city comes next.

What will I be able to pay with in Ethiopia?

Zuma will support Telebirr, CBE Birr and Card, priced in ETB.

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