What is an MTN SIM Card?
E-Sim is a chip fused into a mobile phone, wrist band or tablet device at the point of manufacture to help connect to your network provider.
How To Activate MTN SIM Card
1. Put your new SIM card into your device and dial *141# free or visit any MTN Store to register your SIM card.
2. You’ll receive a confirmation SMS when your SIM card is active.
Note: After you’ve activated your SIM card, you must use it within 30 days or it will be deactivated
How much does it cost to register my MTN SIM card?
Registration is free.
Follow these instructions if you have lost or damaged your SIM or if your SIM has been deactivated or blocked. In this situation, you cannot use your old SIM card.
1. Insert a new SIM Card into your device.
2. Dial 141# to activate your new SIM.
3. Dial 173*3# to start the SIM Swap process.
4. You will be prompted to enter the cellphone number for which you are doing the SIM swap and the reason for doing the SIM swap. The cellphone number you’re doing the SIM swap for is your OLD number (NOT the new number from step 1 above).
5. You will be sent an SMS containing the steps you need to take to complete the SIM Swap. Note that at this stage you will have to answer a set of security questions to continue with the SIM Swap. You will have 3 minutes to answer all the questions.
Note that whilst answering the questions, you may skip some of the questions if you don’t know (or have the answer) to the specific question.
Does MTN work in South Africa?
MTN SA currently has 600 network roaming partners in 170 countries, worldwide. We offer Voice Calling, Video Calling, SMS, GPRS, 3G, and LTE data roaming for roaming traffic into South Africa.
How do I activate Roaming on MTN South Africa?
Go global.
- Dial 135.
- Choose option 2 “Products and Services”, followed by option 4 for “Roaming”.
- Wait to speak to an agent and ask to have roaming activated.
- You’ll be asked which roaming option you’d like: Voice, SMS, and data roaming. Voice and SMS roaming.
- You’ll get a confirmation SMS once roaming has been activated.
Does South Africa use MTN MoMo?
MoMo evolution
However, MTN re-launched Mobile Money in South Africa in January 2020 and the telco now has around 9 million registered MoMo subscribers in the country. By mid-2023 the MTN Group had a total of 60.5 million active MoMo users across its Middle East and Africa footprint.