Regional
Africa eSIM
One balance for 20 countries. Cross a border and nothing happens, because there is nothing to switch. The median across Africa is 29.5 Mbps from 4,354 traveller samples, and the data never expires.
3 GB
$7.89
Never expires
5 GB
$9.89
Never expires
10 GB
$15.89
Never expires
20 GB
$27.89
Never expires
The balance above works in every country listed below and never expires. If you are only visiting one of them, that country's own pack starts at $13.89 for 5 GB.
What you are actually buying for Africa
You are buying wallet balance, not a Africa bundle. The gigabytes sit in one account and work in all 20 countries listed on this page, and in 145 countries in total. There is no regional product to switch on at the border.
That matters on the second country. A country pack stops at the border it was sold for, so a run through three Africa countries is three purchases and three installs. One balance is one of each.
Nothing expires. Whatever you do not use in Africa is still there next trip, anywhere in the 145 destinations. Every account also carries 100 MB a month of free rescue data in 200 plus countries, which is enough for a boarding pass or a map when the balance runs dry.
The countries on this page are Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia.
- One eSIM profile, installed once, for all 20 countries.
- Tethering included on every size, metered and on the day pass.
- A provisioning failure is refunded automatically inside 60 seconds.
- 37 cities in Africa have their own measured page.
Speed across Africa, measured
The median in Africa is 29.5 Mbps, taken across 20 countries and 4,354 traveller samples. It is the middle country rather than an average, so one fast market cannot lift it.
Mauritius is the fastest here at 52 Mbps. Ethiopia is the slowest at 21 Mbps. The tenth percentile across the region is 6.5 Mbps, and that is the number worth planning around, because it is roughly what a crowded station or a thick hotel wall gives you.
15 of the 20 countries are 4G only in our measurements. 4G carries maps, messaging and a video call. It does not carry four people tethering off one phone at the same time.
We reach 18 host networks in Africa, Airtel, MTN and Orange among them. 0 of the 20 countries run on a single host network, and in those a failed attach cannot be fixed by switching network. A reboot, or walking two streets, is the whole toolkit.
29.5 Mbps
Median across 20 countries
4,354
Traveller samples in Africa
6.5 Mbps
Tenth percentile, the bad indoor number
18
Host networks behind the plan
15
Countries measured 4G only
37
Cities with their own page
Country packs against the balance in Africa
| Countries you visit | Country packs | Wallet balance | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 country, 5 GB | $33.89 | $10.89 | Wallet balance |
| 2 countries, 10 GB | $65.89 | $16.89 | Wallet balance |
| 4 countries, 20 GB | $131.89 | $28.89 | Wallet balance |
The country pack column uses $33.89, the median price of five gigabytes inside one Africa border. The wallet column is the tier that covers the same data, read from the same file the buy button reads. Wallet gigabytes do not expire. Country packs are bought one border at a time.
When a country pack beats the balance
Read the table, not a rule of thumb. Five gigabytes inside one Africa border costs $33.89 at the median, and 0 of the 20 country packs here work out cheaper per gigabyte than the $16.89 wallet tier. The other 20 do not.
The country pack wins when you stay inside one border and you already know which one. The balance wins the moment you cross, because the second pack is a second purchase, a second install and a second thing to get wrong on a train.
The cheapest country pack in Africa is Tunisia at $13.89. The dearest is Madagascar at $66.89. That spread is wholesale and not markup. Where a market costs us more it costs you more, and we would rather say so than average it away.
What is not in the Africa list
Every country we sell in Africa is on this page. If one is missing we do not have a pack for it, and the 100 MB a month of free rescue data is all you will have on the ground there.
We list 145 destinations worldwide. Airalo lists 169, Saily 121 and Holafly 113. On raw country count we lose to Airalo, and if the country you need is not below, they are the better buy for that trip. A rival single trip ticket for 10 GB was $29.89, checked 2026-08-24, against $16.89 for the same 10 GB here with no end date.
20 countries is a thin slice of a continent. Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Cameroon and Mali are not on this list, and north of the Sahara we sell only Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Crossing borders inside Africa
The eSIM does not care about the border. It is installed, the balance is there, and nothing needs buying again. What changes is the host network, and after a land crossing that can take a minute or two while the phone lets go of the old one.
If it has not attached after two minutes, turn airplane mode on for ten seconds and off again. If it still has not, set network selection to manual and pick another network from the list. Support answers in under 60 seconds, 24 hours a day, and that is the first thing they will ask you to try.
Land crossings here are slow and the networks change completely on the far side. 15 of the 20 countries are 4G only in our measurements and the tenth percentile is 6.5 Mbps, so plan on messaging rather than video calls once you leave the cities.
Africa across 20 destinations
- Fastest
- Mauritius, 52 Mbps
- Slowest
- Ethiopia, 21 Mbps
- Regional median
- 29.5 Mbps
- Spread
- 31 Mbps between the fastest and the slowest
- 5G available
- 5 of 20 destinations
- Cities
- 37 with a page of their own
- Measurements
- 4354 travellers across the region
Countries included
We list 20 of the 20 here with measured speeds. The full list, including the territories where coverage is thinner, is on each country page.
Africa eSIM questions
Does one balance really cover all 20 Africa countries?
Is this cheaper than buying two country packs in Africa?
What speed will I get in Africa?
Which Africa countries are missing?
Does the data expire?
Can I tether in Africa?
What happens if the eSIM does not install?
How many networks are behind the plan in Africa?
Buy Africa data now
Pick a size, install once, and cross as many of the 20 borders as you like. Sizes start at $10.89 for 5 GB and fall to $1.36 a gigabyte at 50 GB, and none of it expires.