Ariti is a small family business established in Addis Ababa (A.A), Ethiopia, in 1999, with a license to cultivate herbs and manufacture various herbal products for local and international markets. Right at the outset, we established herbal gardens in A. A and Sebeta about 30 km west of Addis. 

Several years ago, a regular customer wrote about us: “Ariti Herbal is a delightful old-fashioned apothecary, kind of shop where you can purchase a variety of health products. Ariti Shop is small but well-stocked, and one is encouraged to return containers after usage to the shop for recycling. No plastic bags are provided, and the packaging is made from used paper.” 

Our business is named after a popular sweet-scented endemic species called  Artemisia Rehan or Ariti in the local language. 

Ariti was established in 1999 by Emeritus Professor Ermias Dagne and his wife, also a chemist: Tadelech Tadesse, and our two daughters: Dina, a biotechnologist, and Beza, a microbiologist.  

Our Major Lines of Products

Essential oils:  Distilled from a wide array of plants such as leaves of eucalyptus, rosemary, citronella, thyme, palmarosa, and resins of frankincense, myrrh, and opopanax.

Pressed oils: Black cumin, sesame, linseed, neem, and moringa 

Gel: From cultivated Aloe vera and other indigenous species. 

Herb teas: Artemisia annua, lemongrass, hibiscus, thyme, fennel, Hibiscus, sage, etc.

Honeys: Common bee Honey and Stingless Bee Honey (Tazma Mar)

Some of the above raw materials are processed to make ready-to-use products such as Herb Teas, Body Care Products, Blends for Aromatherapy, Tinctures, Incense, etc.

Major outlet:  Ariti Herbal Shop, located on Mickey Leland Street (Chichinia Area) Telephone: 091 1 406972 or 645303.

Our street is named after the American Congressman Mickey Leland, who died on a mission seeking to help those most in need while leading a relief mission in 1989, to an isolated refugee camp, Fugnido, in Ethiopia, which sheltered thousands of children fleeing the civil conflict in neighboring Sudan, Leland’s plane crashed into a mountainside. The crash force killed everyone aboard, including the Congressman, chief of staff Patrice Johnson, and 13 other passengers from several governments, humanitarian, and development organizations. George Thomas “Mickey” Leland was born on November 27, 1944, in Lubbock, Texas.