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Your money,
mastered in Birr.

Pezana is the budgeting app built for real life in Ethiopia. Track cash, wallet and bank accounts side by side, give every Birr a job, and see exactly where your money goes.

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ብር-firstBuilt around the Birr
2 languagesAmharic & English
3 in 1Cash · wallet · bank
Pezana app home screen showing balance across cash, wallet and bank accounts
ብር 30,012Current balance
100% allocatedEvery Birr has a job
The problem

Where does your money
actually go?

You work hard for your money — but without the right tools, it slips away before you even notice.

Salary gone by the 20th

Payday feels like a reset — but by the third week, the money's gone. Without a plan, every month ends the same way.

Death by small purchases

ETB 500 here on a ride, ETB 800 there on lunch — tiny amounts you never think about that quietly drain your budget every single week.

Flying blind with your money

You know you're spending too much, but you have zero data to prove it. No categories, no patterns — just guessing every month.

Why we built Pezana

Money in Ethiopia doesn't work
like the apps built elsewhere.

Salaries arrive in cash. Payments move over mobile wallets. Family comes first. Most budgeting apps ignore all of it — Pezana starts from it.

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Cash is still king

A huge share of daily life runs on cash — minibus fare, gulit shopping, rent paid hand to hand. Pezana makes cash a first-class citizen, not an afterthought.

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Income isn't always monthly

Side gigs, remittances, seasonal work. Pezana helps you plan around irregular income instead of pretending everyone gets a neat salary on the 1st.

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Family is part of the budget

Supporting parents, iddir contributions, helping a sibling through school — real Ethiopian budgets include family. Ours does too.

Pezana home dashboard with balances and spending donut chart Pezana budget screen showing monthly income of 30,000 Birr fully allocated Pezana budget breakdown donut chart across spending categories Pezana spending insights with category totals for housing, groceries and savings Pezana transaction list showing recent expenses
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One glance.
Your whole money life.

Open Pezana and see your balance across cash, wallet and bank accounts, today's net, and where this month's money went — all on one screen.

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Give every Birr
a job.

Set your monthly income and allocate it until 100% is spoken for. When every Birr has a purpose, there's nothing left to disappear.

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Categories that match
real life.

Rent, transport, food, savings & investment, family — budget categories that look like an Ethiopian household, not a Silicon Valley template.

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See where it goes,
instantly.

A clear breakdown of your spending by category. Tap any slice to drill in. No spreadsheets, no guesswork.

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Every transaction,
in your language.

Log expenses in seconds and review them in a clean timeline — fully in Amharic or English, whichever feels like home.

Everything you need

Simple enough for day one.
Powerful enough for every day after.

All your accounts, one view

Cash in your pocket, your mobile wallet, money in the bank — tracked side by side so you always know your true balance.

Birr-first budgeting

Budgets, balances and insights in ETB from the ground up. No conversions, no workarounds — the Birr is the point.

Insights you can act on

Beautiful category breakdowns show your top spending at a glance, so next month's plan is smarter than last month's.

Log expenses in seconds

One tap to add a transaction. Quick categories and smart defaults mean tracking never feels like homework.

Amharic & English

The whole app, in your language. Switch between Amharic and English any time — numbers, categories, everything.

Private by design

Your financial life is yours. Pezana keeps your data secure and never sells it — budgeting should build trust, not spend it.

How it works

From download to in-control
in three steps.

Add your accounts

Tell Pezana what you have — cash on hand, wallet balance, bank accounts. Thirty seconds, and your full picture is in one place.

Build your budget

Enter your monthly income and split it across categories that fit your life. Watch the allocation bar fill to 100%.

Track & grow

Log spending as you go. Pezana shows what's working, what's leaking, and how much closer you are to your goals.

Proudly Ethiopian

Speaks your language.
Counts your ብር.

  • Made in and for Ethiopia

    Not an imported app with a translation layer — Pezana is designed from scratch around Ethiopian money habits.

  • Full Amharic experience

    Every screen, every category, every insight — available in Amharic with proper Ethiopic type, not machine-translated fragments.

  • Realistic categories

    Iddir, family support, gulit runs, minibus fare — budget lines that match how life here actually costs.

0million+ people in Ethiopia — the market we serve first
ብርthe only currency Pezana puts first
0languages, one seamless experience
0% of your income, allocated with purpose
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Guide

Budgeting 101 in Ethiopia: a practical guide to taking control of your money

Managing irregular income, family obligations and cash-heavy spending — a budgeting approach that fits how people actually live.

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Our story

From Pesa to possibility: the story behind the Pezana name and mission

How a mother's envelope budgeting system in Ethiopia inspired a modern digital finance platform for Africa.

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Vision

Why Ethiopia, why now: the strategic case for building Pezana in the age of AI

126M+ people, accelerating digital adoption and economic liberalization — a once-in-a-generation fintech moment.

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Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Pezana is free to download and use for tracking your money, building budgets in Birr, and reviewing spending insights.

Yes. Pezana is fully bilingual — you can use the entire app in Amharic or English and switch at any time.

Yes. Pezana lets you record and organize money across cash, wallet and bank accounts side by side, so your full financial picture lives in one place.

Yes. Pezana is designed around how money actually moves in Ethiopia — Birr-first budgeting, categories that match real Ethiopian life, and support for the way people earn, spend and support family.

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Your first budget
is five minutes away.

Download Pezana free and give every Birr a job — today.

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