SMS API for Guinea: bulk SMS to +224 numbers

Guinea, located in West Africa, has Conakry as its capital and is known for its mining industry and agricultural exports. Organizations like mobile money services, agricultural cooperatives, and healthcare providers send text messages to users. These messages are triggered by events such as payment confirmations, crop price updates, and appointment reminders. SMS is chosen because it is universally accessible, works on all mobile devices, and is read quickly, making it ideal for both urban and rural areas.

Guinea

Calling code +224

Per SMS segment
$0.01357
Messages for $100
7,369
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Guinea costs

Every message is priced at $0.01357 per segment to 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$0.01357$0.02714
1,000$13.57$27.14
10,000$135.70$271.40
100,000$1,357.00$2,714.00

Number format in Guinea

Mobile numbers in Guinea have 9 digits after +224 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 601 12 34 56 becomes +224 601 12 34 56 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: 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

Guinea keeps UTC+0 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Conakry is always 09:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Guinea with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (GN) 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": "+224601123456", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Guinea

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

Payment confirmations

Customers in Conakry receive an SMS confirming their mobile money transaction, including the amount and recipient details.

Crop price updates

Farmers in Kankan get SMS notifications about current market prices for their crops, helping them decide when to sell.

Appointment reminders

Patients in Nzérékoré receive SMS reminders for their scheduled medical appointments, including date and time.

Delivery updates

Businesses in Labé notify customers by SMS when their ordered goods have been dispatched and are out for delivery.

SMS to Guinea: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Guinea costs $0.01357. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $13.57 and 10,000 cost $135.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 7,369 one-segment messages to Guinea at $0.01357 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 Guinea numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +224 601 12 34 56 becomes "+224601123456" 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.

What language should SMS messages be in?

French is the official language and is widely understood, making it the best choice for SMS messages.

How can SMS reach both residents and visitors?

SMS works for all mobile users in Guinea, including visitors with roaming enabled. It is a reliable way to communicate with both locals and tourists.

Start sending to Guinea

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Guinea at $0.01357 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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