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Bulk SMS to Africa

Africa has more countries on our list than any region except Europe, from Morocco and Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and the island states of the Indian Ocean. In many of these markets SMS reaches people who do not use apps or email at all.

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Countries: 56
Lowest rate: $0.00639
Middle rate: $0.01409
$100 to Togo: 15,649 SMS

Rates

Bulk SMS rates in Africa, lowest first

Rates are per SMS segment in US dollars. In Africa they run from $0.00639 in Togo to $0.07349 in Sao Tome and Principe.

56 countries

Bulk SMS rates in Africa
Country	Code	Per SMS	1,000 SMS	$100 sends
Togo	+228	$0.00639	$6.39	15,649
Central African Republic	+236	$0.00699	$6.99	14,306
Rwanda	+250	$0.00759	$7.59	13,175
South Africa	+27	$0.00759	$7.59	13,175
Sierra Leone	+232	$0.00819	$8.19	12,210
Lesotho	+266	$0.00849	$8.49	11,778
Tanzania	+255	$0.00909	$9.09	11,001
Botswana	+267	$0.00939	$9.39	10,649
Eswatini	+268	$0.00939	$9.39	10,649
Gambia	+220	$0.00939	$9.39	10,649
Namibia	+264	$0.00969	$9.69	10,319
Angola	+244	$0.01029	$10.29	9,718
Burundi	+257	$0.01079	$10.79	9,267
Seychelles	+248	$0.01079	$10.79	9,267
Cameroon	+237	$0.01169	$11.69	8,554
Liberia	+231	$0.01169	$11.69	8,554
South Sudan	+211	$0.01169	$11.69	8,554
Benin	+229	$0.01229	$12.29	8,136
Chad	+235	$0.01229	$12.29	8,136
Gabon	+241	$0.01229	$12.29	8,136
Mozambique	+258	$0.01259	$12.59	7,942
Burkina Faso	+226	$0.01289	$12.89	7,757
Equatorial Guinea	+240	$0.01319	$13.19	7,581
Niger	+227	$0.01319	$13.19	7,581
Republic of the Congo	+242	$0.01319	$13.19	7,581
Somalia	+252	$0.01319	$13.19	7,581
Uganda	+256	$0.01379	$13.79	7,251
Cote d'Ivoire	+225	$0.01409	$14.09	7,097
Ghana	+233	$0.01409	$14.09	7,097
Guinea	+224	$0.01409	$14.09	7,097
DR Congo	+243	$0.01439	$14.39	6,949
Mauritius	+230	$0.01439	$14.39	6,949
Mayotte	+262	$0.01469	$14.69	6,807
Reunion	+262	$0.01469	$14.69	6,807
Guinea-Bissau	+245	$0.01609	$16.09	6,215
Mauritania	+222	$0.01609	$16.09	6,215
Eritrea	+291	$0.01729	$17.29	5,783
Zimbabwe	+263	$0.01729	$17.29	5,783
Cape Verde	+238	$0.01849	$18.49	5,408
Sudan	+249	$0.01849	$18.49	5,408
Madagascar	+261	$0.02049	$20.49	4,880
Nigeria	+234	$0.02049	$20.49	4,880
Djibouti	+253	$0.02199	$21.99	4,547
Kenya	+254	$0.02229	$22.29	4,486
Algeria	+213	$0.02349	$23.49	4,257
Libya	+218	$0.02789	$27.89	3,585
Senegal	+221	$0.02879	$28.79	3,473
Zambia	+260	$0.02879	$28.79	3,473
Comoros	+269	$0.03519	$35.19	2,841
Morocco	+212	$0.03519	$35.19	2,841
Egypt	+20	$0.03819	$38.19	2,618
Malawi	+265	$0.04639	$46.39	2,155
Mali	+223	$0.04959	$49.59	2,016
Tunisia	+216	$0.05259	$52.59	1,901
Ethiopia	+251	$0.06369	$63.69	1,570
Sao Tome and Principe	+239	$0.07349	$73.49	1,360

Sending tips

What should I know before sending SMS to Africa?

English, French, Portuguese and Arabic are the main business languages, alongside Swahili, Hausa, Amharic and many others. Latin-script messages fit 160 characters; Arabic text in North Africa and Ge'ez script in Ethiopia and Eritrea are sent in UCS-2 at 70 characters per segment.

Mobile money, microfinance, agriculture, health programmes and retail are among the biggest bulk SMS senders. The continent spans UTC-1 (Cape Verde) to UTC+4 (Mauritius and Seychelles), with most people between UTC+0 and UTC+3, so one well-timed send covers most countries in the same working day.

Number format: Country code, then the number without the leading 0: +234 803 000 0123 for Nigeria
Alphabet: Latin for English, French and Portuguese; Arabic and Ge'ez in UCS-2
Time zones: UTC-1 to UTC+4

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