Accra eSIM
In Accra you connect to MTN or Vodafone, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 31 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- MTN and Vodafone
- Real speed in Ghana
- 31 Mbps median, 7 Mbps for the slowest tenth186 travellers across Ghana, rolling 90 days
- 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
- Speed rank
- 8 of 20 destinations we sell in Africa
- Regional median
- 29.5 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 23 percent of the median
- 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
- tenth percentile
- 7 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 186 travellers, rolling 90 days
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.