eSIM Mozambique
In Mozambique your eSIM from 9,95€ runs on the Vodacom network: 1 GB for 7 days or 3 GB for 15 days, prepaid and contract-free, set up by QR code in minutes, so you are online the moment you land in Maputo.
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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 Mozambique?
Set it up before you fly
After buying you get an email with an installation link and a QR code. Install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi, where the connection is stable and you are not fighting with it after a long flight. The validity does not start at installation, only when the eSIM first connects to a network in Mozambique, so installing early costs you nothing.
Switch it on after landing
Whether you arrive at Maputo (MPM), Beira (BEW), Nampula (APL), Pemba (POL), Vilanculos (VNX) or Inhambane (INH): flip airplane mode on and off, then set the Simbye line as your mobile data line and turn on data roaming for that line specifically. Within a minute or two you are on Vodacom and can message your transfer from the arrivals hall.
Top up instead of rebuying
When your data runs low you simply add more of the same plan. The eSIM stays on your phone, nothing to reinstall, no new code to scan. Your home number keeps running on the other line the whole time and stays reachable for calls and verification texts; incoming calls are still billed by your home provider at its own rates, while all data runs over the eSIM.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Mozambique?
Mozambique has several mobile operators. This eSIM connects to the network of Vodacom Moçambique, the Vodafone group's operator in the country.
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There is nothing to configure. As soon as you land in Mozambique with the eSIM active, your phone looks for the Vodacom network and registers on it by itself. You never have to type in an APN. The one thing that matters is that data roaming is switched on for the Simbye line. That sounds like it costs extra, but it does not: your data package is already paid for, the switch simply tells your phone it is allowed to join a foreign network. If you still have no signal after a few minutes, select the network manually once, and on an Android phone try turning 5G off and 4G/LTE on.
Vodacom is one of the country's large operators and strongest in the cities. Maputo and neighbouring Matola have solid 4G, and so do Beira, Nampula, Nacala and Tete. Along the tourist coast it holds up well: Vilanculos as the gateway to the Bazaruto Archipelago, Tofo and Inhambane, Ponta do Ouro in the far south. The honest part: the further out you go, the thinner it gets. On the islands of the Quirimbas Archipelago, in Gorongosa National Park and on long overland stretches through sparsely populated provinces, coverage can disappear altogether. Download maps, tickets and booking confirmations for offline use before you set off.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Mozambique?
Mozambique is the sharpest contrast here: a local card needs biometric registration — fingerprint, face capture and passport — or it gets blocked, while the eSIM roams on Vodacom from the arrivals hall. Only M-Pesa still calls for a genuine local number.
| Feature |  Simbye eSIM |
Local SIM card |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | None. The eSIM is a foreign travel eSIM roaming on the Vodacom network | Biometric registration with fingerprint, face capture and passport, or the card gets blocked |
| When you get online | Right after landing, still in the arrivals hall | Only after finding a shop and registering |
| Phone number | No Mozambican number, no calls and no SMS over the network | A Mozambican +258 number is included |
| Paying | Online before you travel, in your own currency | Cash in metical on the ground, so you need an exchange or ATM first |
| M-Pesa | Not possible, it requires a genuine Vodacom number | Possible, with passport and registration at an agent |
| Topping up | In your account in seconds, from anywhere | Buy a voucher at a kiosk and type in the code, Portuguese helps |
| Home number | Stays active on the second line, you remain reachable | Only if your phone handles two SIMs and you keep the old card |
| If something goes wrong | Support by email, no shop visit | Back to the shop, usually in Portuguese |
For most travelers the eSIM is the simpler choice: set up before departure, no queuing on arrival.
How much data do you need in Mozambique?
Trip length
How you use your phone
What does an eSIM for Mozambique cost?
from 9,95€
2 plans · 7–15 days
Simbye offers 2 plans for Mozambique from 9,95€ to 19,95€ — prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Mozambique range from 1 GB to 3 GB.
Validity runs from 7 to 15 days and starts with your first connection in Mozambique.
Data plans
- 1 GB 7 days 9,95€ 1,42€ per travel day
- 3 GB 15 days 19,95€ 1,33€ per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Vodacom
- 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 Mozambique eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
An eSIM for Mozambique is real, and it does work in Mozambique. An eSIM for Mozambique is a digital SIM card built into your phone. The eSIM connects to Vodacom, one of the country's main networks. All you need is a phone that supports eSIM and is not carrier-locked. That covers virtually every iPhone from the XR onwards and most Android phones from 2019 on.
No, there's no Mozambican phone number. This is a data-only plan. You cannot make calls or send and receive SMS over the network. Calls and messages through WhatsApp, Telegram, FaceTime or Zoom work normally, because those run over the data connection.
You don't have to register with anyone for this eSIM. The biometric registration requirement, with fingerprint and ID document, applies to Mozambican SIM cards bought inside the country. Your eSIM is a foreign travel eSIM roaming on Vodacom, so there is no shop visit and no government office involved.
How much data you get comes down to two plans: 1 GB for 7 days or 3 GB for 15 days. If you mostly message, navigate and upload the odd photo, that carries you. Hours of streaming and video calls it will not cover, which is what topping up on the road is for.
Yes, the beaches and islands around Vilanculos, Tofo, Inhambane and Ponta do Ouro have coverage. On the offshore islands, across the Quirimbas Archipelago and in Gorongosa National Park it thins out to nothing in places. Download maps, tickets and booking confirmations for offline use first.
Your home contract charge in Mozambique is anyone's guess unless you ask your own provider — exactly the problem. Most providers put Mozambique in an expensive zone, the rates vary widely, and you only see the bill after the trip. A prepaid eSIM flips that around: one fixed amount up front, no surprise afterwards.
If there's no signal after landing, turn airplane mode on for 30 seconds and off again. Then check that data roaming is enabled for the Simbye line, because nothing works without that switch. If it still will not connect, select the network manually and, on Android, try turning 5G off and 4G/LTE on.
You can buy an eSIM for Mozambique online before you travel: pick a plan from the table above, pay, and the QR code arrives by email in minutes. Scan it over Wi-Fi at home, and it connects by itself after you land in Maputo. That spares you looking for a shop once you arrive.
An eSIM for Mozambique starts at 9,95€; the price then follows the data volume and validity you pick, shown for every plan in the table above. A few days in Maputo needs far less than two weeks on the coast with maps, messaging and photo uploads. You pay once at checkout, with no contract behind it.
The eSIM that's best for Mozambique depends on your route. This one connects to Vodacom Mocambique, strongest in Maputo, Beira, Nampula, Tete and along the tourist coast around Vilanculos, Tofo and Ponta do Ouro. Out in the bush, on the boats to the Bazaruto islands and in the far north it thins out on every network. The packs here are small and short, so this suits a trip rather than a long stay.
Ready for Mozambique?
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.
