SMS API for Equatorial Guinea: bulk SMS to +240 numbers

Equatorial Guinea, located in Central Africa, has Malabo as its capital and an economy driven by oil exports and agriculture. Businesses such as banks, logistics companies, and healthcare providers send SMS messages to their customers. These messages are triggered by events like payment confirmations, appointment reminders, or delivery notifications. SMS is chosen because it reaches all mobile phones, including basic devices, and is widely read quickly, even in rural areas.

Equatorial Guinea

Calling code +240

Per SMS segment
$0.01277
Messages for $100
7,830
Local language
Spanish
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Equatorial Guinea costs

Every message is priced at $0.01277 per segment to Equatorial Guinea. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.01277$0.02554
1,000$12.77$25.54
10,000$127.70$255.40
100,000$1,277.00$2,554.00

Number format in Equatorial Guinea

Mobile numbers in Equatorial Guinea have 9 digits after +240 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 222 123 456 becomes +240 222 123 456 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in Spanish fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, í, ó 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

Equatorial Guinea keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Malabo is always 08:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Equatorial Guinea with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (GQ) 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": "+240222123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Equatorial Guinea

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Equatorial Guinea.

Payment confirmations

Banks in Malabo send SMS alerts to customers confirming successful transactions or withdrawals from their accounts.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Bata notify patients about upcoming medical appointments to reduce no-shows.

Delivery updates

Logistics companies inform customers in Mongomo about the status of their parcel deliveries.

Service alerts

Utility providers send SMS notifications about planned outages or maintenance in Ebebiyín.

SMS to Equatorial Guinea: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Equatorial Guinea?

Each message segment to Equatorial Guinea costs $0.01277. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $12.77 and 10,000 cost $127.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Equatorial Guinea does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 7,830 one-segment messages to Equatorial Guinea at $0.01277 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Equatorial Guinea numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +240 222 123 456 becomes "+240222123456" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Which language should SMS messages be sent in?

Spanish is the official language and widely understood. French and Portuguese are also used, especially in business contexts.

How can SMS reach rural areas effectively?

SMS works well in rural regions like Annobón, where mobile penetration is high, and internet access is limited.

Start sending to Equatorial Guinea

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Equatorial Guinea at $0.01277 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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