Best eSIM for Africa (Prepaid Travel Data)

Airalo

Airalo is one of the top global eSim providers in the world and has gained its reputation through excellent customer service, good coverage, and solid connection speeds. They offer one of the top eSims for international travel.

Airalo works well in Africa and they have two eSim plans for you to choose from. Their Hello Africa eSim plans include 27 countries and are only data plans.

You have these options

• 1GB/30 days for $27
• 3GB/30 days for $59

These plans are a little expensive and they do not offer much data compared to what you would get with a local sim.

Also, there are no shorter-term options, say for 2 weeks. With Airalo’s data plans, you would have to be very careful using your data and limit it to vital communications only while using WiFi for everything else.

Nomad

Nomad is a reliable eSim provider that has coverage all over the world. Their service is excellent generally but they do not have much to offer when it comes to eSim data plans for Africa.

In fact, Nomad does not even offer an eSim for Africa, you would have to buy their global eSim to get coverage in multiple countries. Sadly, their globe eSim only includes 6 countries in Africa including Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Ghana, Reunion Islands, and the Congo.

Their global eSim has 3 plans – 5GB/30 days/$45, 3GB/30 days/$40, 1GB/7 days/$25. These are more affordable than Airalo but it is only worth it if you are traveling to the countries mentioned above.

Holafly

Holafly is another of the best eSim providers to purchase your eSim from and they are pretty awesome at delivering affordable data plans across the globe but they drop the ball when it comes to Africa.

I can not find a single eSim data plan from Holafly that covers multiple African countries. You can buy an eSim for specific countries in Africa, such as Kenya or South Africa, but not one that will have you connected across multiple borders.

This means that Holalfly is not an option when it comes to getting an African eSim.

SimOptions

SimOptions is not an eSim provider, it is an eSim comparison website and like a lot of the other sites, their eSim Africa plans are zero. But, they do have a global eSim plan that covers quite a few countries in Africa.

The global eSim covers 17 countries in Africa, see the list here, and is provided by eSIM2FLY Global and AIS, both of which are reliable providers.

For $39.90 you will get 6GB of data for 15 days, and the plan covers most of the world too. This is more affordable than all the other data plans we have looked at so far.

Maya Mobile

You can usually rely on Maya Mobile to give you great deals and excellent coverage around the world, and they do so on a local basis. But, when it comes to Africa as a region, they don’t have regional Africa eSIM that covers it, not even a global one.

They do, however, offer an eSim for specific countries in Africa. For example, their Kenya eSim comes in 500MB/1GB/3GB/5GB options all for 30 days. Unfortunately, it is crazy expensive and works out at over $30 per GB, so it is way more affordable to get a local SIM.

But some of their country-specific eSIMs are affordable when compared to other eSIM companies:

• South Africa eSIM ($5 per GB max)
• Ghana eSIM ($6 per GB max)
• Swaziland eSIM ($15 per GB max)

They have most of Africa covered, so check out the countries you need to head to.

Ubigi

Finally, an eSim provider that has a range of eSim data plans for Africa with broad coverage. Ubigi offers multiple eSim plans that will keep you connected in over 27 countries in Africa as you explore the continent.

Their Best Africa eSIM data plans range from

• 1GB/30 Days for $10
• 3GB/20 Days for $26
• 10GB/30 Days for $54

These are quite affordable compared to other providers. This offer covers most countries that you might want to visit but misses out on some sought-after destinations such as Kenya.

Ubigi’s Full Africa data plans include these more popular destinations but the prices suddenly skyrocket – 1GB/30 days/$26.

In my opinion, their Best Africa data plans are probably worth it, but the more expensive Africa data plans are far too expensive. Then you are just better off getting individual countries for an eSIM if you need it.

Flexiroam

Flexiroam is a great eSim provider with good customer service, affordable pricing, and fast connection speeds.

They offer eSim data plans for Africa as a region that covers 15 countries total, and these include Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Dem Rep, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

This is a pretty solid list of countries and if your travel itinerary is covered in the list above, here are Flexiroam’s eSim data plans for you to choose from.

The data plans range from 1GB/3 days/$11.50 up to 10GB/24 days/ $82. The pricing is competitive so they are certainly worth exploring more.

GlobaleSIM

GlobaleSIM is a reliable eSim provider to travel the globe with. Sadly, they do not offer any regional eSim data plans for Africa, they only offer a range of global data plans with some countries in Africa included.

Their most comprehensive data plans are in their Special+ eSim which covers 143 countries worldwide, 27 of which are African.

Their data plans range from 1GB/7 days/$49, 2GB/10 days/$78, 3GB/14 days/$95, 5GB/21 days/$115. Sadly, these prices are far too expensive for a global eSim you will only use in Africa.