SMS API for Cape Verde: bulk SMS to +238 numbers
Cape Verde
Calling code +238
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01787
- Messages for $100
- 5,595
- Local language
- Portuguese
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Cape Verde costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01787 | $0.03574 |
| 1,000 | $17.87 | $35.74 |
| 10,000 | $178.70 | $357.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,787.00 | $3,574.00 |
Number format in Cape Verde
Mobile numbers in Cape Verde have 7 digits after +238 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 991 12 34 becomes +238 991 12 34 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in Portuguese fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, â, ã, ç, ê, í, ó, ô, õ and ú: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.
Time zone and timing
Cape Verde keeps UTC-1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Cape Verde is always 10:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Cape Verde with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (CV) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.
For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.
curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"to": "+2389911234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
method: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+2389911234", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01787", country: "CV"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+2389911234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
print(json.load(res)["price"]) # "0.01787"What developers send to Cape Verde
Booking confirmations
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Payment alerts
Banks in Praia notify customers via SMS when a transaction is made on their accounts.
Shipment updates
Logistics companies in Mindelo send SMS alerts to customers when their packages arrive at the port.
Event reminders
Festival organizers in Boa Vista send SMS reminders to attendees about concert schedules and venue changes.
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SMS to Cape Verde: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Cape Verde?
How many SMS to Cape Verde does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Cape Verde numbers for the API?
What language is best for SMS in Cape Verde?
Are there peak SMS traffic periods in Cape Verde?
Start sending to Cape Verde
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Cape Verde at $0.01787 per segment, from the console or with one API call.