You are in control of your roaming spend in over 12 countries. International roaming is available to all MTN Eswatini customers. Giving you the ability to travel with your number across the border whilst keeping you connected to contacts both at home in Eswatini and the rest of the world regardless of whether they are on prepaid or postpaid.

Getting started

Once at the border you have the following options to activate the service:

  • Dial *170# and select option 1 to get started
  • Dial *922# and select option 4 to get started
  • Dial *686# and select 8 (Other Services) then option 3 (Prepaid Roaming) to get started

Shortcuts include:

  • Dial *170*1# to activate the service. Dial *170*2# to deactivate the service. Dial *170*3# to manage your roaming status
  • Dial *922*4*1# to activate the service. Dial *922*4*2# to deactivate the service. Dial *922*4*3# to manage your roaming status
  • Dial *686*8*3*1# to activate the service. Dial *686*8*3*2# to deactivate the service. Dial *686*8*3*3# to manage your roaming status.

Countries where one can roam in and the operators that can be roamed on using their prepaid number: 

Continent Operator Country Code
Africa MTN Cameroon 237
Africa Mascom Wireless Botswana 267
Africa MTN Cameroon 237
Africa MTN Congo 243
Africa MTN Ivory Coast 225
Africa Mcel (TDM) Mozambique 258
Africa Vodacom Mozambique 258
Africa Movitel Mozambique 258
Africa MTN Nigeria 234
Africa MTN Rwanda 250
Africa MTN South Africa 27
Africa Vodacom South Africa 27
Africa MTN Uganda 256
Africa MTN Zambia 260
Europe MTN Cyprus 357
Europe Vodafone Ireland 353

To Recharge

Did you know that you have access to your MoMo account when roaming? That means that all the in-house services are at your disposal; simply dial *007*5# to purchase airtime.

Or use cellphone banking (Dial *140*40# –  Nedbank, *120*2345# – Standard Bank, *800# – Building Society, *130*321# – First National Bank).

Stocking up on local MTN Eswatini voucher cards before leaving the country is also one way to approach it; where you can simply dial *555*Voucher# to refill.

Roaming Rates

Roaming Tariff Price
Service Current
Local voice E1.20
Voice call from Eswatini E1.80
Voce call to Eswatini E1.80
Data E0.99/MB
SMS local E1
SMS international E0.30