SMS API for Togo: bulk SMS to +228 numbers

Togo, a West African nation, has Lomé as its capital and port city, with agriculture and trade driving its economy. Software products sending SMS include mobile banking apps, e-commerce platforms, and healthcare systems. Messages are triggered by events like payment receipts, order confirmations, or appointment reminders. Developers choose SMS because it reaches users across urban and rural areas, including those with basic phones.

Togo

Calling code +228

Per SMS segment
$0.00617
Messages for $100
16,207
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Togo costs

Every message is priced at $0.00617 per segment to Togo. 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$0.00617$0.01234
1,000$6.17$12.34
10,000$61.70$123.40
100,000$617.00$1,234.00

Number format in Togo

Mobile numbers in Togo have 8 digits after +228 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 90 11 23 45 becomes +228 90 11 23 45 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

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

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TG) 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": "+22890112345", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Togo

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

Payment receipts

Mobile banking apps send SMS receipts to users in Lomé confirming successful transactions and balances.

Order confirmations

E-commerce platforms notify customers in Kara when their order is confirmed, providing delivery details.

Appointment reminders

Clinics in Sokodé send SMS reminders to patients about their upcoming appointments and clinic hours.

Market updates

Agricultural cooperatives send SMS updates to farmers in Atakpamé about current market prices for crops.

SMS to Togo: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Togo costs $0.00617. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $6.17 and 10,000 cost $61.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 16,207 one-segment messages to Togo at $0.00617 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 Togo numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +228 90 11 23 45 becomes "+22890112345" 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 use in Togo?

French is the official language and widely used, while local languages like Ewe and Kabye are preferred in specific regions.

How can SMS reach rural areas effectively?

SMS is ideal for rural areas with limited internet access. Messages should be concise and in the local language.

Start sending to Togo

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Togo at $0.00617 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Togo: Bulk SMS to +228 From $0.00617 | BulkSMSAPI