Libreville - Post Report Question and Answers

Do you have any recommendations regarding mobile phones? Did you keep your home-country plan or use a local provider?

Google Fi is available in country. Otherwise, all Embassy employees are provided with a phone and all EFMs get a local sim card. Employees' phones are topped up, but EFMs have to pay for their SIM though it's really not much. - Oct 2020


Sim cards are cheap and sold everywhere. Phone plans can be purchased with data. - Jul 2014


SIM cards are cheap and you have many options for mobile companies. - Oct 2013


No recommendations. You just need an unlocked phone that you can put a local sim card into. - Apr 2012


Got mine locally (pay as you go), and it was fine. Phone cards can be purchased almost anywhere, including from guys on the side of the road. - Aug 2011


Coverage is sometimes poor and spotty. Be warned. - Jul 2010


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