Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
How Do eSIM Plans Work?
Step 1: Purchase Your eSIM Data Pack
You'll receive an email with your eSIM after purchase, no matter where you are in the world.
Step 2: Receive Activation Details
You'll get a QR code or manual installation instructions via email and WhatsApp to activate your eSIM.
Step 3: Install And Activate Your New eSIM
Set up your eSIM before your trip, and once you reach your destination, enable the data plan to start using the internet.
Is My Mobile Phone eSIM Compatible?
- iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max
- iPhone 14, 15 and 16 (inc. Plus, Pro and Pro Max versions)
- iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max
- iPhone 12, 12 Mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XS, XS Max, XR
- iPhone SE (2020, 2022)
- Apple watch SE
- Apple watch series 3, 4, 5 and 6
- iPad Pro 11" (model A2068, from 2020)
- iPad Pro 12.9" (model A2069, from 2020)
- iPad Air (model A2123, from 2019)
- iPad (model A2198, from 2019)
- iPad Mini (model A2124, from 2019)
- iPad 10th generation (2022)
*On iPhone 13, 14 & 15 models, you can have two eSIMs activated at the same time. *iPhones from mainland China and iPhone devices from Hong Kong and Macao (except for iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone SE 2020, and iPhone XS) don't have eSIM capability. *iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max are not compatible with physical SIM cards in the USA.
Explore Guinea
Guinea eSIM for Conakry, the mines and the Fouta Djallon
Most people flying into Conakry are there to work: a week of meetings in Kaloum, a rotation at Boké or Kamsar, a project in Kankan or Nzérékoré. A local SIM means a registration queue at Gbessia with your passport, and roaming on your home number means a bill you will not enjoy. An eSIM4 Guinea eSIM is the third option: a prepaid tourist eSIM with no physical SIM card. It runs on the Orange network, which has the widest reach in the country, it is high-speed mobile data only on 4G, and it starts at USD 11.98. Install it on Wi-Fi before you leave and it is live the moment your phone finds a signal on the tarmac.
Coverage across Guinea. Conakry, Kindia, Mamou, Labé, Kankan, Nzérékoré, Boké and Kamsar, and the highways that join them. Up in the Fouta Djallon the towns are covered, and only on the waterfall trails and hikes around Dalaba and Doucki does connectivity thin, as it does on every network, so save the offline map before you set out and send the photos when you are back in Labé.
Three plans, sized for a work trip. One week in the capital with WhatsApp, maps and email: 1 GB for USD 11.98. A fortnight that takes in the mines or the interior: 2 GB over 15 days for USD 21.98. A month on site, with WhatsApp calls home most evenings: 3 GB over 30 days for USD 27.98. If a project runs long, a top-up is a minute online and lands on the same eSIM, so there is nothing to reinstall.
The clock does not start until you connect. The eSIM arrives by email within minutes of paying. Install it on Wi-Fi at home whenever suits you, leave it switched off, switch on data roaming when you land, and the plan days begin only when it first connects to a network in Guinea. That is worth knowing if your departure slips a week; nothing is lost.
West Africa on one eSIM. If the same trip takes in Dakar, Freetown, Bamako or Abidjan, the Africa eSIM covers Guinea and 35 other African countries on one plan, from USD 4.98 for 1 GB over 7 days, with no swap at the border. In Guinea that plan connects to MTN rather than Orange, so if Orange is the network your colleagues in Conakry use, stay with the Guinea plan above; if you are crossing borders, the Africa plan is the simpler buy.
Choose your plan above, pay in USD by card, and stay connected from the arrivals hall; the QR code is in your inbox before the taxi to the airport.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Guinea requires every local SIM to be registered in person against an ID, which is the queue at the Gbessia counters and the carrier shops in Kaloum. The Guinea eSIM is a foreign line roaming on Orange, so the registration rule does not apply: nothing to show, nothing to sign, no physical SIM card to swap. Buy it at home, install it over Wi-Fi, and it is live when the phone finds a signal on the tarmac, from USD 11.98 for a week of high-speed mobile data.
Yes. Conakry runs on WhatsApp, from the driver to the ministry contact, and voice and video calls connect on the 4G of the Orange network in the capital, in Boké and Kamsar and in the regional towns, so the evening call home needs no hotel Wi-Fi. Tethering is included on every plan, so when the hotel connection drops the laptop shares the eSIM instead, and a top-up is a minute online if the rotation runs long.
An eSIM is a digital SIM built into your phone. Instead of swapping a plastic card, you scan a QR code, or tap one link on a recent iPhone, and the plan installs in about a minute alongside your existing SIM. Your home number stays exactly as it is, and you can switch between plans in Settings whenever you like.
You pay once, from a few dollars, instead of a daily roaming charge, and there is no airport kiosk, no ID check and no card to swap. Buy it at home, install it on Wi-Fi, and you land with maps, ride apps and WhatsApp already working in the arrivals hall. If plans change, every eSIM tops up online in about a minute.
As a guide: 1 GB covers a week of maps, messaging and a few photos a day; 5 GB over a month suits social media and daily browsing; 20 GB or unlimited suits streaming, video calls and working on the road. If in doubt, start small: every plan tops up online in about a minute, so you never pay for data you will not use.
Yes. Our regional plans cover many destinations on one eSIM, so a multi-stop trip needs nothing new at each border: Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Oceania and a World eSIM for trips that cross regions. The countries included are listed on each regional plan page, and you can combine a regional plan with a country plan for the best value.
No. Most people are done in under two minutes: scan the QR code from the activation email, or on iPhone with iOS 17.4 or later simply tap the Direct Installation link in the same email and the eSIM installs itself. Step-by-step guides are here for iPhone guide and Android guide, our support team is on hand, and a refund guarantee covers you if the eSIM cannot be installed on your device.
Most phones from the last five years support eSIM, including every iPhone from the XR onwards and recent Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel models. Check your model in our compatibility guide before you buy. If your phone was bought on a carrier contract it may need to be unlocked first, which your carrier can do.
Open the activation email, then on iPhone go to Settings, Cellular, Add eSIM and scan the QR code, or tap the Direct Installation link on iOS 17.4 or later. On Android go to Settings, Connections, SIM Manager and scan. Most phones can scan the QR code straight from a screenshot in your photo gallery, so no second phone is needed. Once the eSIM appears in your cellular settings it is installed and ready. Full walkthroughs: iPhone guide and Android guide.
Install it any time before you travel, on Wi-Fi at home: the eSIM does not expire while it sits on your phone. When you land, switch it on and enable data roaming, and your days start counting from that first connection abroad, not from the day you bought it. You can also install on arrival, as long as you have Wi-Fi to download the eSIM.
Yes. Your phone runs as a dual SIM, with your home SIM and the travel eSIM side by side, and most phones store several eSIMs at once with one active for data at a time. Keep a plan for each country on your trip and switch between them in Settings as you cross borders.
Yes. Tethering is included on every plan, so your laptop or a second phone can share the connection whenever you need it.
Your connection pauses rather than charging you more. Top up online in about a minute using the link in your activation email, or in the Yabb app, and you are back online with the same eSIM.
The activation email includes a link to a live usage page for your eSIM, so you can see exactly how much data is left at any time and top up before it runs out.
Top local carriers at up to 5G speeds. The network for this destination is shown above the plans on this page, and the eSIM connects to it automatically when you land.
Choose a 90-day plan where one is offered, or top up your existing plan as you go. Either way the eSIM stays on your phone for the whole trip.
Travel eSIMs are data only, which is exactly why there is no ID or address check to buy one. Everything you normally use runs on the data: WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage, Uber, maps and your bank app. If you want a real phone number for calls and SMS abroad, our Yabb app gives you calls, texts and a temporary local number without roaming charges. In a few countries we also sell plans that include a local number, minutes and texts, shown in the plan name; those minutes and texts are for local calls and local texts within that country only.
Yes. WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal stay on your existing number with every chat intact; there is nothing to re-register. The eSIM simply supplies the data they run on.
Yes, with your home SIM left in the phone. The eSIM carries all your data, and most carriers deliver incoming text messages to your home number abroad at no charge, so one-time codes from your bank, Google, Airbnb and the rest arrive exactly as they do at home. Keep the home SIM switched on with data roaming turned off, and only the eSIM uses data. Two things to know before you fly: making a call or sending a text from the home SIM is what triggers roaming charges on most carriers, so leave calling and texting to WhatsApp and the like, and a few carriers do charge for incoming texts or block them abroad, so a quick check with your carrier before you leave settles it.