أفريقيا (+25 منطقة) eSIM
The Africa eSIM connects you to local networks in 29 countries, 1 to 5 GB, prepaid with no contract and no registration — you are online right after landing in Nairobi or Cape Town.
اختيارك
تبدأ المدة عند أول اتصال للشريحة في وجهتك — يمكنك الشراء اليوم والسفر بعد ثلاثة أسابيع.
ما الدول التي تغطيها شريحة eSIM المخصصة لأفريقيا؟
تعمل شريحة eSIM هذه في 29 دولة. هنا ترى الشبكة التي ستتصل بها في كل دولة.
قائمة الشبكات من مزوّدنا، حتى أغسطس 2026. الشبكة التي تحصل عليها تعتمد على التغطية في مكانك.
These countries are missing — check before you book
The plan covers 29 countries and regions, but not the whole continent. Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, Mauritius and Cape Verde are among those not included. For the popular Cape Town, Namibia and Victoria Falls loop that means: South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are covered, Namibia and the Zimbabwean side of the falls are not.
It is also a data-only plan with no phone number. Confirmation codes sent by SMS — for WhatsApp, your bank, M-Pesa or a taxi app — cannot arrive on it. Set those accounts up before you leave, and keep your usual SIM in the phone as a second line.
شريحة إلكترونية أم شريحة محلية في أفريقيا؟
| المقارنة | شريحة Simbye الإلكترونية | شريحة محلية |
|---|---|---|
| Crossing a border | Keeps working in all 29 countries, you swap nothing | Buy and insert a new card in every country |
| Online from when | Set up by QR code at home, usable right after landing | Only after arrival, at a counter or shop |
| Registration | Not needed, you are a guest on the network | In many countries of the region an ID is required to register |
| Phone number | None, this is a data-only plan | A local number is included |
| Cost | Fixed at checkout | You only find out on the spot |
| Second line | Your usual number stays active alongside | The physical card takes up the slot |
| Hotspot | Allowed, share with laptop and tablet | Allowed or blocked depending on the operator |
| Language barrier | Buy and set up in your own language from home | Sign-up conversation at the counter in the local language |
Why an Africa eSIM pays off on a multi-country trip
Trips to Africa are rarely single-country trips. The classic routes cross borders: Kenya and Tanzania on a safari loop, Morocco and Tunisia in the north, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire in the west, South Africa, Botswana and Zambia in the south. With country eSIMs, every crossing means buying a new one, setting it up again and paying another minimum bundle.
The catch is the leftovers. Every single plan has its own minimum amount and its own validity, and neither ever quite matches your days in that country. Whatever is left over has been paid for and expires. A regional plan has that waste once, instead of at every border.
Then there is the hassle on arrival day. A plan you set up at home on Wi-Fi is simply there after landing in Nairobi, Cairo or Johannesburg — no shop, no photocopy of your passport, no counter conversation in a language you may not speak. Arrival day is exactly when you need the internet most: for the ride into town, for the address of your accommodation, for the message home.
Where coverage gets thin
To be straight about it: 29 countries are not the whole continent. If you are planning a Cape Town, Namibia and Victoria Falls loop, look closely — South Africa, Botswana and Zambia are included, Namibia and the Zimbabwean side of the falls are not. Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Algeria and Mauritius are missing too. Those legs need a different solution.
Inside the covered countries, geography decides. In cities, coastal towns and along main roads, mobile coverage is normal. In large national parks such as the Serengeti or the Masai Mara, across the Sahara and the Sahel, on long overland stretches and out on the water there may simply be no mast — that is not a property of this plan but of the local network build-out. On safari, Wi-Fi at the camp is often the more realistic expectation than mobile coverage.
So plan to be briefly offline. Save maps, booking confirmations, tickets and the address of your accommodation while you have Wi-Fi. And set up every app that sends a confirmation code by SMS before you leave — this plan has no phone number for such a code to arrive on.
كيف تعمل شريحة Simbye eSIM لأفريقيا؟
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Pick a plan and buy it
Take the amount of data that fits your trip. Right after checkout you get an email with a setup link and a QR code.
Set it up at home on Wi-Fi
Install the eSIM calmly before you fly, so it is ready when you land in Cairo, Marrakesh, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos, Accra, Dar es Salaam, Dakar or Tunis. It stays inactive until the first connection, so the clock is not running yet.
Switch it on after landing
Turn on data roaming for the eSIM — that is all it takes, a network is found automatically. From now on the validity period runs.
تحقق من توافق الجهاز
تأكد من أن جهازك يدعم eSIM قبل الشراء
التطبيقات التي تحتاجها فعلاً في أفريقيا
On the ground a lot runs through your phone: booking a ride with Bolt or Uber, paying with M-Pesa in Kenya, keeping in touch with your accommodation on WhatsApp, finding the way with Google Maps. The last column is the part that matters: some of these apps need a local phone number, or send a confirmation code by SMS. A data-only plan gives you neither. So install and verify those apps at home, while your usual number still works — after that they run over the eSIM's data connection as normal.
Bolt
Book a ride from your phone, in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria among others. Enter your destination and the driver comes to you.
The account is unlocked with an SMS code. This plan has no phone number — set Bolt up before you leave, using your usual number.
Yango
Ride-hailing offered in Morocco, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, DR Congo and Zambia.
Not available in every country on this list. Sign-up also runs through an SMS code sent to your phone number.
inDrive
You name the fare yourself and the driver counters. Used in Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania among others.
The account is unlocked with an SMS code here too — set inDrive up before you leave, using your usual number. You pay the driver directly, often in cash, so always carry local currency in small notes.
M-Pesa
Paying and sending money by phone, above all in Kenya, Tanzania and DR Congo. Many small businesses settle up this way.
It needs a local phone number registered to an ID document. A data-only plan cannot do that — plan for cash or a card.
Careem
In Egypt, rides and food delivery in one app, widely used in Cairo.
Egypt is the country we can confirm it for — do not count on it in the other countries on this list. Sign-up also requires an SMS code.
The usual way to reach your hotel, guide or driver — many reply there faster than by email.
The confirmation code arrives by SMS or a call. Install and verify WhatsApp before the trip, while you can still receive on your own number.
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