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An eSIM for Senegal is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from Free, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Senegal eSIM on the Free network
Mobile data for a trip to Dakar or Saint-Louis, as a day pass or a plan of 7, 15, or 30 days. Free is the name of the network, not the price of the plan.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Senegal: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
How to get mobile data in Senegal
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Senegal
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on Free
Plans for Senegal connect to Free. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
Senegal eSIM: Free or Orange depends on what you buy
The plans on this page connect to Free, a Senegalese network, and to no other. Orange comes with the two multi-country options instead: the 29-country Africa plans and Global 130.
The exit follows the same split. On a Senegal plan, traffic leaves through the Netherlands, so sites see a Dutch address; on the Africa and Global 130 plans, sites see an address in the UK or Norway. None of the three marks 5G in Senegal.
What each option sells for Senegal
- On Free, the Senegal plans: 100 MB, 500 MB, or 1 GB for 7 days; 3 GB for 15 days; 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB for 30 days. The day pass is here too: a daily 1 GB at full speed, with 512 Kbps after it until the reset.
- On Orange, the Africa list: a 7-day 1 GB plan, plus 30-day plans of 3 or 5 GB.
- On Orange, Global 130: the same 7-day 1 GB, 30-day plans up to 10 GB, then 20 GB for 90 days and 1 GB for 365 days.
So the day pass and the sizes under 1 GB are on the Senegal plans, and anything past 30 days is on Global 130. Every option tops up with more data on the same eSIM, but the term stays as bought.
Senegal with The Gambia, Mali, or Guinea-Bissau
The Gambia sits almost entirely inside Senegal, so a trip to Banjul or on to Casamance can cross it. No regional or global list names The Gambia, and the same goes for Mauritania to the north, so those trips take a second eSIM with that country's own plan.
South and east, the lists do help. Guinea-Bissau is on the Africa list, but not on Global 130. Mali is on both, so either can carry a Dakar and Bamako trip on one eSIM.
Senegal eSIM questions
Can I get Orange on a Senegal eSIM?
Not on the Senegal plans, which use Free alone. For Orange in Senegal, buy an Africa plan or Global 130: both list it, on fixed plans.
Is the Senegal day pass unlimited?
It doesn't stop, but it does slow down: on Free you get 1 GB a day at full speed, and then 512 Kbps until the day resets.
When do the days on a Senegal plan start?
Eight of the nine plans wait for the first connection in Senegal, and unused they stay valid for 180 days. The exception is the 7-day 100 MB plan, which counts from installation.
Does it include a +221 number?
No. A Senegal eSIM carries data only, with no number, calls, or SMS, while your regular SIM keeps yours. A number that receives SMS is a separate rental; see virtual numbers.
What if my Senegal trip is canceled?
Ask support before you install: an eSIM that hasn't been installed or connected can be refunded on request within 30 days of purchase. After installation or use there's no refund, even if your phone proves incompatible. The exception: if it works on no supported network in Senegal, support fixes or refunds it.
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Choose your Senegal eSIM
Pick the day pass or a fixed plan on Free. Want Orange, or Mali on the same eSIM? Compare the Africa and Global 130 plans first.