Accra eSIM
In Accra you connect to MTN or Vodafone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 31 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- MTN and Vodafone
- Typical speed in Ghana
- 31 Mbps typical, 7 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Accra
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $8.89 | $8.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $5.96 | $17.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $5.18 | $25.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $4.49 | $44.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $3.94 | $78.89 |
How Ghana compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, MTN, Vodafone
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Botswana, 31 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Morocco, 31 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Accra
Landing at Accra International Airport (ACC)
- Airport
- ACC / DGAA
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe airport operator's passengers guide says to connect to the network named KIA FREE WIFI and follow the on screen instructions. The free service covers Terminals 2 and 3.
Getting into Accra
- Metered airport taxis run by Labour Enterprise Trust Co. Ltd. from Car Park 5 (ACC)
- Public pool shared taxis from Car Park 5, with fares negotiated rather than metered (ACC)
Worth knowing about Accra
- The airport was renamed Accra International Airport in February 2026, going back to the name it opened under in 1958. Its IATA code stays ACC.
- Lieutenant General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, whose name the airport carried from 1969, was killed in a failed coup at a spot that is now the airport forecourt.
- Accra is a landing point for the SAT-3/WASC submarine cable, in service since 2001, and for 2Africa, a 45,000 km system whose Accra landing is operated by Bayobab of the MTN Group.
- Ghana requires SIM cards to be registered. A non resident foreigner registers with a passport or ECOWAS card presented to the operator's agent, and is validated against an approved database rather than the national ID system.
- Ghana Post GPS, launched in October 2017, assigns a digital address to every 5 square metre location in the country, combining a postcode with a unique code.
- Accra International Airport sits within the city about 10 km from the centre, and its operator points out that it lies on the Greenwich Meridian close to the Equator.
- Airport taxi meters charge a set amount for the first kilometre and then for each further 100 metres. For the unmetered pool taxis, fares on certain routes are displayed in the arrival hall, and the booths outside can advise.
- Port Health in Terminal 3 handles yellow fever vaccination, and the Airport Clinic, 500 metres from the terminal, is open to the public 24 hours a day.
- The Lost and Found desk in the arrival hall is staffed around the clock. Report a delayed or damaged bag there before leaving the airport, as nothing starts until a report is filed.
- GACL customer service staff wear branded uniforms and have desks in the arrival hall, at baggage reclaim and at departure check-in.
- Leaving Accra, security pats passengers down and checks documents at the departure entrance, and check-in counters open at least two to three hours before takeoff depending on the airline.
- On 14 March 2024 all four cables carrying Ghana's international traffic, ACE, MainOne, SAT-3 and WACS, failed and the country lost 1,596.6 Gbps of capacity. Operators kept minimal data running from local caches.
- The regulator traced the ACE, MainOne and WACS faults to Abidjan and the SAT-3 fault to Portugal, and noted that Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon lost service at the same time.
- An arrivals expansion that GACL began in 2014 added 5,148 square metres of floor space, 26 immigration booths, 10 e-gates, a moving walkway and two more baggage carousels, bringing the total to four.
- Ghana IX, the national internet exchange, operates from several facilities in Accra, and content held at the exchange was among the local caches operators used during the 2024 cable cuts.