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Call me back

When your funds are low and you can’t afford to make a call, but you really need to get in touch, use this service​

Overview

When your funds are low and you can’t afford to make a call, but you really need to get in touch, use this service to send a “call me back” message to another person on either the MTN or any other local network.

Costs

  • MTN to MTN: Free for the first 5 messages
  • MTN to another local network: K0.172 per message
Sign Up

  • MTN to MTN: Send “SOS 096xxxxxx“ to 5505
  • MTN to another local network: send “SOS2U 09xxxxxxx“ to 5506

When your funds are low and you can’t afford to make a call, but you really need to get in touch, use this service to send a “call me back” message to another person on either the MTN or any other local network.


  • MTN to MTN: Free for the first 5 messages
  • MTN to another local network: K0.172 per message

  • MTN to MTN: Send “SOS 096xxxxxx“ to 5505
  • MTN to another local network: send “SOS2U 09xxxxxxx“ to 5506