SMS API for Senegal: bulk SMS to +221 numbers

Senegal, a West African country with Dakar as its capital, is known for its agriculture, fishing, and growing tech sector. Organizations like mobile money providers, healthcare clinics, schools, and NGOs send SMS messages. These messages notify users of payment confirmations, health alerts, exam schedules, and community announcements. SMS is preferred for its accessibility, ensuring messages reach even basic phones in rural areas.

Senegal

Calling code +221

Per SMS segment
$0.02777
Messages for $100
3,601
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Senegal costs

Every message is priced at $0.02777 per segment to Senegal. 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$0.02777$0.05554
1,000$27.77$55.54
10,000$277.70$555.40
100,000$2,777.00$5,554.00

Number format in Senegal

Mobile numbers in Senegal have 9 digits after +221 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 70 123 45 67 becomes +221 70 123 45 67 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

Senegal keeps UTC+0 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Dakar 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 Senegal with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (SN) 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": "+221701234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Senegal

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

Payment confirmations

Mobile money services in Dakar send SMS notifications to users confirming successful transactions from their accounts.

Health alerts

Clinics in Senegal send SMS reminders to patients about vaccination campaigns or upcoming health checkups.

Exam schedules

Schools in Senegal send SMS notifications to students and parents about exam dates and locations.

Community announcements

NGOs send SMS alerts to residents in rural areas about upcoming events or public health initiatives.

SMS to Senegal: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Senegal costs $0.02777. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $27.77 and 10,000 cost $277.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 3,601 one-segment messages to Senegal at $0.02777 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 Senegal numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +221 70 123 45 67 becomes "+221701234567" 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 use in Senegal?

French is the primary language for SMS in Senegal, as it is widely understood. Local languages like Wolof may be used for specific audiences.

How can SMS reach rural areas in Senegal?

SMS is ideal for reaching rural areas, as it works on basic phones and does not require internet access, ensuring broad coverage.

Start sending to Senegal

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Senegal at $0.02777 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Senegal: Bulk SMS to +221 From $0.02777 | BulkSMSAPI