Sierra Leone

+232 · 4 operators

Sierra Leone, located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa with about 8 million people and Freetown as the capital, has its mobile market shared by Africell Sierra Leone (under US-backed Africell Holdings, 2/3 market share after acquiring Tigo in 2009), Orange Sierra Leone (acquired from Airtel SL by Orange Group in 2016), and Qcell Sierra Leone (Gambian group expanded cross-border in 2018). Afrimoney (Africell's mobile money, USSD *161#) and Orange Money are the main payment services. USSD is used for balance checks (*126#), data bundle subscription (*113#), and mobile money transfers, with Afrimoney enforcing daily 15,000 NLe / monthly 100,000 NLe limits.