eSIM plans across Africa

Per gigabyte, usually not: a regional plan charges for coverage you may not use. It wins when you cross borders and would otherwise buy twice. The cheapest single-country entry point in Africa right now is a Reunion plan at $0.43; compare that against a regional plan for the number of countries you are actually visiting.

We group 48 destinations under Africa, 48 of which have plans listed today. Providers draw the line differently (some sell a “Africa” plan covering thirty countries and some covering forty), so check the covered list on the plan itself rather than assuming ours matches theirs.

Yes, and we list 1,928 of them for Africa, and the board above ranks every one on price per GB. Each row says how many countries it covers and which; open the coverage list before you buy, because providers draw the region differently and the one that is cheapest per GB is not always the one that covers your itinerary.

If the airport country is covered and your phone connects, yes. Most plans start counting at first connection rather than at purchase, so a long layover can eat a day of validity before the trip begins. Turning data off until you land avoids it.

We read every provider’s own public catalogue daily. The 1,928 plans on this board were last checked 35 minutes ago, and the pulse at the top of the Africa board says the same thing in one line.

Yes. A commission when you buy through an outbound link, at no cost to you. It does not change the ordering: the ranking is computed before we know who pays us. What it decides is which plans a page puts forward, namely the “top pick” marker, the labelled partner shelf, and which plans the “Recommended” tab above lists. The other three tabs carry every plan on this page.