SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Ghana
SMS to Ghana costs from $0.032 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (MTN Ghana, Telecel, AirtelTigo); sender IDs are registered with the NCA-GH in 5-7 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator NCA-GH
How much does SMS to Ghana cost?
SMS to Ghana costs from $0.032 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and NCA-GH-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
MTN Ghana Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0353 per SMS | — |
Telecel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0331 per SMS | — |
AirtelTigo Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0320 per SMS | — |
- NCA sender ID registration via operator.
- English primary; local languages acceptable in UCS-2.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Ghana: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Ghana coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | National Communications Authority (NCA-GH) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · MTN Ghana, Telecel, AirtelTigo |
| Sender-ID lead time | 5-7 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.2 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 44M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +233 · 620 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | USD |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.025 – 0.045 |
SMS to Ghana: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Ghana, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Ghana?
How do I get test access for Ghana?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (USD per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | $ 0.0320 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0282 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0237 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0192 |
More on Ghana
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Ghana on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production. Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'