Inside Addis Ababa's Gym Boom: The Business of Fitness in Ethiopia.
Gym prices in Addis Ababa range from 4,500 to 300,000 ETB a year. Find out how Addis Ababa's gym industry became a fast-growing, fragmented business sector.
In Addis Ababa, fitness is no longer confined to Meskel Square joggers or Ethiopia’s long-distance running legacy. A new, urban gym culture is taking shape across neighborhoods like Bole, Sarbet, and CMC, driven by rising disposable incomes, diaspora influence, and a generation increasingly attuned to global lifestyle trends. What is emerging is not just a health movement, but a fragmented, fast-growing business sector with clear signals of investment potential and structural gaps.
A Market Expanding Without Chains
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