Best eSIM for Kenya in 2026: 9 Providers Compared (Real Pricing)

Kenya is a country where your itinerary can swing from Nairobi's traffic and coworking cafés to a safari camp in the Maasai Mara with barely any signal at all, sometimes in the same 48 hours. Kenya is also one of the more interesting cases in eSIM pricing: costs here run noticeably higher than in, say, Western Europe, for the exact same-sized data bundle — so it's worth actually comparing before you buy, rather than assuming whatever worked well in your last country will be the best deal here too. Here's the real pricing across 118 providers we track for Kenya specifically.

That price gap surprises a lot of first-time visitors, and it's worth setting expectations up front: a 10GB bundle that costs under $10 in much of Europe can run far more here depending on who you buy it from. None of that reflects the quality of Kenya's mobile networks, which are genuinely solid in and around the major cities — it's purely a wholesale-cost story, which is exactly why comparing providers properly matters more here than in cheaper destinations.

Quick-answer picks

• Cheapest short trip (~1GB): Revo eSim — $4.45 for 7 days
• Best value for ~5GB: Ubigi — $15.00 for 30 days
• Best for ~10GB: Revo eSim — $32.11 for 30 days
• Best unlimited plan: Maya Mobile — $49.99 for 30 days
• Long-term/annual option: Ubigi — 24GB, valid a full year, for currently unavailable

Kenya price comparison

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Revo eSim $4.45 Cheapest Ubigi $5.00 Maya Mobile $9.99 eSIMo $8.90

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Provider-by-provider breakdown

Revo eSim is the sharpest value across most of the range: $4.45 for 1GB over 7 days, $11.57 for 3GB, $32.11 for 10GB, $61.81 for 20GB, all with 30-day validity except the smallest tier. It's beaten at exactly one size — 5GB, where Ubigi is cheaper — but everywhere else it's the provider to default to.

Ubigi takes the 5GB spot ($15.00 for 30 days) and also offers something no one else on this list does for Kenya: a 24GB bundle valid for a full 365 days, for currently unavailable. If you visit Kenya repeatedly across the year — for business, or family — that annual option is worth knowing about, even though it's not the cheapest way to cover a single trip. Ubigi's unlimited tiers ($59.00 / $77.00 / $99.00 for 7/15/30 days) are considerably pricier than Maya Mobile's equivalent windows, though, so skip them unless you specifically need Ubigi's own network partners.

Maya Mobile sells unlimited-only, and for Kenya it's a clear win in that category: $49.99 for 30 days of unlimited data is roughly half of what Ubigi charges for the same month. If you want to stop thinking about data caps entirely, this is the plan.

eSIMo runs a simple five-tier ladder, but it's priced noticeably higher than Revo eSim at every matching size — $64.90 for 10GB/30 days versus Revo's $32.11 for the same. Worth comparing directly before buying.

Orbit Mobile only offers three tiers for Kenya — 1GB ($9.50), 3GB ($21.00), and 5GB ($29.00), all 30-day — no 10GB or 20GB option here, unlike in some other countries we track. Its pricing at those three sizes runs above Revo eSim and Ubigi.

eSIMGlobe has one of the widest spreads of tiers of anyone here, from a 1GB/1-day plan at currently unavailable up to 14GB/14 days at $93.40, useful if your trip length is unusual. But at comparable mid-range sizes it runs well above Revo eSim and Ubigi.

co:sim and eSIMCard both price toward the expensive end of the field for Kenya specifically — eSIMCard's own 30-day unlimited plan comes to $160.24, well over three times Maya Mobile's price for the identical thing, so it's genuinely worth checking exact prices per-provider here rather than assuming one brand is consistently competitive across every country.

Bcengi runs its usual pay-as-you-go model — roughly $8.04 per GB actually used from a prepaid wallet, no expiry. That per-GB rate is steep for Kenya specifically, so it only makes sense if your data use is genuinely unpredictable and you'd rather overpay slightly than risk running out mid-safari with no way to top up.

Why prices vary this much

Wholesale data-roaming rates aren't flat worldwide — what a reseller pays a local Kenyan network to buy bulk data access is a different negotiation, in a different market, than the equivalent deal in Sweden or Sri Lanka, and that gets reflected directly in what you pay. On top of that, every provider here is reselling the same underlying Kenyan network capacity, so the price gaps above are really about each reseller's own margin and packaging choices, not about one eSIM somehow being "faster" or "more reliable" than another on the same network.

Picking by trip type

A few days in Nairobi: Revo eSim's 1GB/7-day plan at $4.45 is enough for maps, ride-hailing apps, and messaging without excess.

A week-long safari circuit (Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Nairobi bookends): Ubigi's 5GB/30-day plan at $15.00 gives enough headroom for photo uploads and occasional video calls between camps, at the best price for that size.

A longer stay, or working from Nairobi for a month: Maya Mobile's unlimited 30-day plan at $49.99 is the obvious pick — cheaper than most providers' large fixed bundles, and you never have to check your remaining balance.

Repeat visits across the year: Ubigi's 24GB/365-day plan at currently unavailable is a genuinely unusual option worth knowing about if Kenya is somewhere you'll be back to more than once.

Practical caveats

None of the providers we track publish bundled voice minutes or SMS for Kenya — every plan here is data-only, so plan to use your home number or a VoIP app for calls. Confirm your phone is eSIM-compatible and unlocked before you travel (our eSIM compatibility guide has the quick settings check), and if your route includes remote areas like the Maasai Mara, install and activate the eSIM in Nairobi first — signal in some conservancies is patchy enough that you don't want your first activation attempt to be out there.

New to eSIMs generally? Our beginner's guide to how eSIMs work covers installation and compatibility from the ground up. And once you've decided, our Kenya eSIM plans page has every live plan, filterable by data, duration, and provider.