Africa
SMS to RwandaBulk campaigns and API messages to Rwanda at one published rate, the 3rd cheapest in Africa. Registered name or shared sender; quiet hours 08:00 to 20:00 local time. Paid in crypto, no identity checks.
01Rate
At $0.0121 per segment, Rwanda sits among the cheaper routes in Africa: 3rd of 56 destinations by price, 60% below the regional average. Worldwide, 25 destinations are cheaper and 202 cost more.
| Messages | Cost | Elsewhere from |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $12.10 | $26.00 |
| 10,000 | $121.00 | $260.00 |
| 100,000 | $1,210.00 | $2,600.00 |
| 1,000,000 | $12,100.00 | $26,000.00 |
Closest in price nearby: South Africa ($0.0121), Central African Republic ($0.0112), Sierra Leone ($0.0130).
02Route notes
Traffic to Rwanda terminates on MTN and Airtel. They deliver alphanumeric senders only after registration; until then your messages leave from a shared numeric sender, and support prepares the registration file with you. Delivery rates and receipt behaviour are measured per operator, and the report names the reason whenever one of them rejects a message.
The GSM-7 alphabet fits Rwanda 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.
The default delivery window for Rwanda runs from 08:00 to 20:00, local time; schedule by local hour and the campaign opens when Rwanda does. International format uses +250: +250 142 230 993.
Rwanda gives full handset receipts, which makes list hygiene easy: unknown numbers are flagged at the first send.
03Sender ID
Alphanumeric senders must be registered with the local operators before they are delivered. Until then messages go out from a shared numeric sender. Support prepares the registration file with you where the destination allows foreign senders.
Registration required
Sender types explained Sender ID rule of every country, in one tableRwandaregistered name or shared sender04At a glance
05Nearby
06Questions, answered
Alphanumeric senders must be registered with the local operators before they are delivered. Until then messages go out from a shared numeric sender. Support prepares the registration file with you where the destination allows foreign senders.
Yes: marketing traffic is held outside 08:00 to 20:00 local time by default. Transactional messages can bypass the window, and the default is editable per campaign.
GSM-7 covers everyday Rwanda traffic: 160 characters (153 per part when concatenated) per part. Watch for smart quotes and emoji, which force Unicode and halve the segment length.
MTN and Airtel, with delivery rate and receipt behaviour measured for each.
Delivery receipts are available on this route: every message ends as delivered, failed or expired, with the carrier code on failures.
$121.00 at $0.0121 per segment, the same unit price as for one message or one million. At the lower price published by the crypto-paid gateways we track, the same send would cost about $260.00.
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