eSIM Guinea-Bissau
This data eSIM from 9,95€ runs on the Orange network in Guinea-Bissau: 1 GB for 7 days or 3 GB for 30 days, prepaid and with no contract. Switch it on after you land in Bissau and you are online right away.
Your Selection
Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for Guinea-Bissau?
Install it before you fly
You buy the eSIM and the email arrives straight away. Set it up calmly at home: either tap the link or scan the QR code. The validity does not start yet, so you lose no days.
Switch it on after you land
At Osvaldo Vieira airport in Bissau (OXB), the country's only international airport, turn on the eSIM line and enable data roaming for that line. If you come overland from Ziguinchor, do the same at the São Domingos border. The validity only starts with the first connection to the Orange network.
Get going
No APN to type in, nothing else to set. You may open a hotspot, and a laptop or tablet can just hang off it. If your data runs low you top up online — the eSIM stays on your phone, there is nothing new to install.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Guinea-Bissau?
In Guinea-Bissau this eSIM runs on the Orange network — there is nothing for you to pick.
| Networks | Download | Upload | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 9Mbit/s | 7Mbit/s | 52ms |
Source: nPerf averages, 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2024.
As soon as you switch the eSIM line on, your phone finds Orange by itself. There is nothing to type in and no APN to create. Only one thing matters: data roaming has to be on for this specific line, otherwise you will see bars but nothing will load. If nothing works after a long flight or a boat ride, airplane mode for thirty seconds fixes it almost every time — or switch once from automatic to manual network search and tap Orange.
The network is densest in Bissau and along the main roads towards Bafatá, Gabú, Mansôa, Canchungo and São Domingos on the Senegalese border. In the capital you get 4G; outside it the connection often drops back to 3G, and in remote areas you will have no data connection at all for a while. There is no 5G network in the country. On the Bijagós it gets thin: on Bubaque you usually still have signal, on Orango, Caravela or João Vieira often none at all. It is much the same at Varela beach and in the Cantanhez forest. So download maps, bookings and translations while you are still in Bissau, before you get on the boat.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau tips the balance to the eSIM: you install it yourself with no passport recorded, and you need no CFA cash — a local card means a shop, Portuguese or Kriol paperwork and an ATM you will only find in Bissau.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up | No ID needed, you buy and install it yourself | In the shop your passport is usually recorded |
| Timing | Installed at home, switched on after landing | Only after arrival: find a shop, wait, fill in a form |
| Paying | Card or wallet, in your own currency | Cash in CFA francs; most shops do not take cards |
| Cash | None needed for the eSIM, you pay online | For a local card you need CFA francs in cash; ATMs are basically limited to Bissau, none on the Bijagós |
| Phone number | None — data only, no calls, no SMS over the network | A local +245 number is included, calls and SMS work |
| Topping up | Online any time, no new eSIM and no second shop visit | Scratch card at a kiosk or mobile money, usually in Portuguese or Kriol |
| Your home number | Stays reachable on the second line | You swap the SIM or need a dual-SIM phone |
| If something goes wrong | Email support in German or English | Back to the shop, the conversation runs in Portuguese or Kriol |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Guinea-Bissau?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Guinea-Bissau cost?
from 9,95€
2 plans · 7–30 days
Simbye offers 2 plans for Guinea-Bissau from 9,95€ to 28,95€ — prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Guinea-Bissau range from 1 GB to 3 GB.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Guinea-Bissau.
Data plans
- 1 GB 7 days 9,95€ 1,42€ per travel day
- 3 GB 30 days 28,95€ 0,96€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Orange
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards
Frequently Asked Questions about Guinea-Bissau eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
You really need an eSIM in Guinea-Bissau if you don't want to be offline for days. Guinea-Bissau is in almost no home tariff, and where roaming does work it is billed per megabyte or through daily passes. You only find out what you actually paid when the bill arrives. With the eSIM the amount is fixed up front and nothing follows.
Orange is the network you're on in Guinea-Bissau. There is nothing to select, your phone connects on its own.
You'll usually need to register with your passport for a prepaid card bought in a shop in Guinea-Bissau, since your ID details are recorded there. Not for this eSIM: you buy online and install it yourself.
It only partly works on the Bijagós islands. On Bubaque you usually still have signal, on Orango, Caravela or João Vieira often none at all. That is down to the network build-out there, not the eSIM — a local card would have exactly the same problem. Download what you need in Bissau first.
No, there's no 5G in Guinea-Bissau. You get 4G in Bissau and the larger towns; outside it gets slower or drops out entirely. There is no 5G network in the country.
You buy an eSIM for Guinea-Bissau online on this page before you travel: choose a data plan, pay, and it arrives by email within minutes. That saves you looking for a mobile shop in Bissau after landing. Scan the QR code, install the profile, and switch it on once you're in the country.
An eSIM for Guinea-Bissau is a digital profile on local mobile networks. An eSIM for Guinea-Bissau is a digital SIM card built into your phone. The local mobile networks support eSIM roaming, so your travel profile connects by itself once you land and turn it on. You need a phone that supports eSIM and isn't carrier-locked — no local SIM card and no shop visit are needed.
An eSIM for Guinea-Bissau starts at 9,95€, and the final price depends on how much data and how many days you choose. A small bundle for a short stay costs less than a bigger plan for a longer trip, and you pay once with no contract.
Data need for Guinea-Bissau is small: messaging and maps in Bissau run at roughly 50 to 100 MB a day, so a short stay fits inside 1 GB. Uploading photos takes you to 300 to 600 MB a day and feels slower outside the capital, where the connection often drops to 3G. Video and tethering go past 1 GB a day, which this plan is not sized for.
What's best for Guinea-Bissau depends on where you travel, your data use, your length of stay and whether you need a local number. This one runs on Orange, which is the network that actually reaches: 4G in Bissau and along the roads to Bafatá, Gabú and São Domingos. It is data only and deliberately small. On the Bijagós beyond Bubaque, at Varela and in Cantanhez there is often no data at all.
Ready for Guinea-Bissau?
Pick a plan, tap the link in your email — you are online from the moment you land.
Choose a planPrepaid, no contract. The plan simply ends on its own.
