Senegal eSIM

Data for Senegal on Orange and Free, from $10.89. It never expires, tethering is included, and refills land on the line you already have, with nothing new to install.

Networks: Orange and Free
Typical speed: 29 Mbps typical, 6 Mbps at busy times
5G: 4G only
Throttle: None on metered plans
Tethering: Allowed on every plan

An Orbislo eSIM for Senegal starts at $0.86 for 100 MB and runs on Orange and Free. Typical download speed is 29 Mbps, fine for maps and messaging, tight for video. Install the line for Senegal in one tap before you fly, turn on data roaming when you land, and the data never expires.

Plans for Senegal

Data plans for Senegal
Data	Validity	Price per GB	Price
1 GB	Never expires	$10.89	$10.89
3 GB	Never expires	$7.30	$21.89
5 GBMost travellers	Never expires	$6.38	$31.89
10 GB	Never expires	$5.39	$53.89

Every plan works the moment you land. Unused data returns to your wallet when the line closes, and customers get at least 100 MB of free rescue data a month even at zero balance.

What 29 Mbps actually means in Senegal

Typical download speed on Orbislo in Senegal: 29 Mbps. That sits close to the Africa median of 30 Mbps, which makes Senegal an unremarkable place to be connected, in the good sense.

The tenth percentile is 6 Mbps. That gap between the median and the floor is normal and it is where the frustration lives: the connection is quick most of the time and noticeably slow in the busiest few percent of moments, typically at transport hubs at peak hour.

Maps, messaging, ride hailing and payment apps all work without complaint. Video calls connect but will drop resolution, and streaming is better set to standard definition than left on automatic. Tethering a laptop works for email and documents rather than for calls.

Which networks you will be on

Orbislo carries traffic in Senegal on Orange and Free. Your phone is not tied to one of them. When the network you are attached to congests or drops, the profile moves you to the other, and it happens without a prompt and without you noticing anything except that the connection kept working.

This matters more than the headline speed. Almost every travel eSIM sold today resells a single upstream agreement per country, so when that one network has a bad hour you have a bad hour with it and your only option is to buy a second eSIM from somebody else. A profile with more than one network behind it can make a decision you never see.

5G in Senegal: 4G only. A well provisioned 4G cell comfortably outruns a congested 5G one, which is why the figure above is throughput rather than a network generation.

A single carrier provider cannot make this move.

What data costs in Senegal

A 100 MB plan for Senegal starts at $0.86, which is $0.01 a gigabyte. That is the number to compare between providers, because a headline price attached to a different allowance tells you nothing.

The comparison most providers would rather you did not run is cost per gigabyte actually used. Independent surveys of travel data put the share of purchased data lost to expiry between 20 and 35 percent, because a plan that expires on day thirty deletes what you did not get through. Orbislo data has no expiry date, so the gigabyte you paid for is still there on the next trip. At the same headline price that is 25 to 40 percent more usable data, and in Senegal it means the effective cost is nearer $0.01 a gigabyte than $0.01.

Because nothing expires, the cheapest way to buy for Senegal is to buy slightly less than you think you need and top up if you run out. Topping up takes about ten seconds and does not involve installing anything. Buying too much is the expensive mistake everywhere else and merely a neutral one here.

Landing in Senegal

Install before you fly, on your home wifi. The profile downloads while you still have a connection you trust, then sits dormant until you land in Senegal and it attaches to Orange.

On landing there is one thing to check: data roaming has to be switched on for the Orbislo line. It is off by default on both iOS and Android, and it has nothing to do with roaming charges here, because the plan is prepaid and there is no bill to run up. Turn it on for the Orbislo line and leave it off for your home line, and your home number keeps working for calls and bank codes without costing anything.

Getting a local SIM in Senegal

Registering a number is done at a branch counter and nowhere else. Bring a valid Senegalese identity card, a passport or a valid ECOWAS identity card. Somebody who cannot come in person has to send a proxy carrying a legalised power of attorney together with legalised copies of both identity documents.

What is restricted in Senegal

Platform blocks and data cut, June 2023: During protests over the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in June 2023, Senegal restricted WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, YouTube and other platforms. The communications ministry suspended mobile internet on 4 June and ended the suspension on 6 June.
Daily mobile data cuts, 2023: From 31 July to 5 August 2023, after the opposition leader's arrest, the ministry again ordered mobile internet disconnected. On the affected networks data went off each morning between about 08:00 and 10:00 and came back between midnight and 02:00.
Mobile data cuts, February 2024: After the presidential election was postponed, the ministry suspended mobile internet from 22:00 on 4 February 2024, with service on the affected networks back on 7 February. It ordered a second suspension on 13 February, which ran from about 10:15 to 19:45.

Worth knowing about Senegal

A Senegalese mobile number has to be registered to an identified holder. The regulator restricted numbers that were not correctly identified on 18 March 2025 and suspended them on 31 March 2025.
Since 4 December 2025 a visitor SIM has been sold at the Orange counter inside Blaise Diagne airport, and it is handed over on a passport or an ECOWAS identity card together with a valid travel ticket.
Dialling #336# from a Senegalese line lists the numbers registered against your identity document and lets you manage them, which is how to check that a line really was registered in your name.
Carrying a number to another operator is only possible for somebody who is already an identified subscriber and the owner of that number, and the request is made in person at a branch with an identity document in hand.
Dial 17 for the police, 18 for the fire service and 15 for an ambulance. In the countryside the gendarmerie on 123 may respond faster than the police.
Since 24 April 2026 Senegal, Togo and Benin have applied the ECOWAS roaming rules between them: users roaming in a partner country receive calls free for up to 30 consecutive days, and outgoing calls and texts are billed at the visited country's local rate.
A roaming agreement between the Senegalese and Gambian regulators, due to start on 1 March 2026, caps roaming charges for voice, SMS and data between the two countries and makes incoming calls free for up to 30 consecutive days.
Moving a number to another operator is free for the customer and must be completed within 24 hours, with the line out of service for about two hours during the switch.
If an operator does not resolve a problem with a line, the regulator's consumer service takes complaints on the free number 800 800 200.

How Senegal compares across Africa

Regional typical speed: 29.5 Mbps
Upstream networks: 2, Orange, Free
5G: 4G only
Next fastest nearby: Namibia, 29 Mbps
Next slowest nearby: Algeria, 27 Mbps
Cities with their own page: 1: Dakar

Cities in Senegal

Dakar

Questions about Senegal

Will my phone work in Senegal?

If it supports eSIM and is not carrier locked, yes. We check your exact model before you pay and tell you plainly if it will not work, rather than taking the money and leaving you to find out on arrival.

Which network will I be on in Senegal?

Orange or Free. Orbislo moves you to whichever is performing better where you are standing, without asking you and without you noticing.

How fast is the data really?

Typical download speed is 29 Mbps, and 6 Mbps when the network is busy. The busy figure is the one to plan around: it is what you can expect when the cell is crowded.

Does the data expire?

No. There is no validity window on wallet gigabytes, and anything left over from a country pack returns to your wallet when the pack ends. This is the single largest difference between what you pay here and what you pay elsewhere.

Can I keep my normal phone number in Senegal?

Yes. The Orbislo profile is a second line, so your home number stays active for calls and texts on its own line. Turn data roaming off for the home line and on for Orbislo, and set up wifi calling before you fly so bank codes still reach you.

Can I tether a laptop?

Yes, on every plan, at the same allowance as your phone data and at no extra cost. At 29 Mbps expect a tethered laptop in Senegal to be fine for email and documents and strained by video calls.

What if I run out of data in Senegal?

Customers, meaning anyone who bought from Orbislo in the last 12 months or holds a subscription, get at least 100 MB of free rescue data once a calendar month, loaded onto the line they are using in Senegal when the balance runs out. It exists so you are never in the position of needing data in order to buy data. Topping up takes about ten seconds and installs nothing.

Is Orbislo cheaper than the alternatives in Senegal?

At $0.01 a gigabyte, the number that matters is what the data you actually use costs you. Expiry destroys 20 to 35 percent of a pack elsewhere. Ours never expires, so on cost per gigabyte used we are ahead almost everywhere.

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