One rate for Mali, $0.0787, from the first message to the millionth. GSM-7 segments, your name as the sender, handset receipts. Funded in crypto, without identity checks.
Mali is the 54th cheapest of the 56 Africa destinations we serve. Its $0.0787 rate is 159% above the average for the region, and only 217 of our 228 destinations are priced lower.
Closest in price nearby: Tunisia ($0.0833), Malawi ($0.0735), Egypt ($0.0605).
02Route notes
What is specific to sending in Mali.
Operators
Orange
Moov Africa
The route reaches subscribers of Orange and Moov Africa. All of them deliver alphanumeric senders as typed, so your brand name appears on the handset without registration. Each operator is monitored separately; when one degrades it shows on the status page under Routes: Middle East & Africa.
Encoding and length
The GSM-7 alphabet fits Mali traffic in segments of 160 characters (153 per part when concatenated). A transactional message with a code and a link usually fits in one segment.
Timing and format
The default delivery window for Mali runs from 08:00 to 20:00, local time; schedule by local hour and the campaign opens when Mali does. International format uses +223: +223 220 364 822.
Delivery receipts
Mali gives full handset receipts, which makes list hygiene easy: unknown numbers are flagged at the first send.
03Sender ID
How your sender appears in Mali.
Alphanumeric senders of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space are delivered as typed. No registration is needed; the platform still falls back to a numeric sender if a carrier rejects the name.
Operators in Mali return handset delivery receipts, so delivered means the phone received the message, usually within seconds.
How much does an SMS to Mali cost?
$0.0787 per 160-character segment, the 54th cheapest of 56 Africa destinations. The lower price published by the crypto-paid gateways we track is $0.1690, so ours is about 53% lower. No setup or monthly fee, and the rate is locked for the life of a campaign.
Will my sender name show in Mali?
Alphanumeric senders of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space are delivered as typed. No registration is needed; the platform still falls back to a numeric sender if a carrier rejects the name.
When are marketing messages delivered in Mali?
By default between 08:00 and 20:00 local time. The window is editable per campaign; codes and alerts can bypass it.
Which operators does the route cover?
All major networks: Orange and Moov Africa. Delivery is measured per operator and the report names the one that failed when a message does not land.
How long can a message to Mali be?
Latin text is sent in GSM-7, 160 characters (153 per part when concatenated) per segment. Add an emoji or a non-Latin character and the whole message switches to Unicode at 70 characters (67 per part when concatenated). The composer shows the count before you send. Up to 6 parts per message.
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