SMS API for Sierra Leone: bulk SMS to +232 numbers
Sierra Leone
Calling code +232
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00787
- Messages for $100
- 12,706
- Local language
- English
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Sierra Leone costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00787 | $0.01574 |
| 1,000 | $7.87 | $15.74 |
| 10,000 | $78.70 | $157.40 |
| 100,000 | $787.00 | $1,574.00 |
Number format in Sierra Leone
Mobile numbers in Sierra Leone have 8 digits after +232. Locally they are written with a leading 0 ((025) 123456); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +232 25 123456.
Alphabet and segments
English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Sierra Leone holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
Sierra Leone keeps UTC+0 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Freetown 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 Sierra Leone with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (SL) 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": "+23225123456", "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: "+23225123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00787", country: "SL"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+23225123456", "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"]) # "0.00787"What developers send to Sierra Leone
Payment confirmations
Mobile money services in Freetown send SMS notifications to users confirming successful transactions from their accounts.
Health alerts
Clinics in Sierra Leone send SMS reminders to patients about vaccination campaigns or upcoming health checkups.
Exam schedules
Schools in Sierra Leone 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.
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SMS to Sierra Leone: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Sierra Leone?
How many SMS to Sierra Leone does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Sierra Leone numbers for the API?
What language should SMS messages use in Sierra Leone?
How can SMS reach remote areas in Sierra Leone?
Start sending to Sierra Leone
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Sierra Leone at $0.00787 per segment, from the console or with one API call.