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Fixed data plans give you a set amount of data, for example 1 GB or 5 GB, to use at full speed for the whole plan period. When it runs out, you top up or buy again. Pick this if you know roughly how much you'll use.
Unlimited plans have no total data cap for the plan period, but each day includes a high-speed allowance. Once you use that day's allowance, you carry on at a reduced speed. Reduced-speed data has a daily limit too, and if you reach it, data pauses until the allowance resets 24 hours after you activate the eSIM. Pick this for heavier or less predictable use. A fair-use policy applies.
Pay As You Go is not a plan at all. You add credit once and it comes off by the megabyte at the local rate as you use it, so you never pay for data you do not finish. Credit never expires, data pauses when the balance hits zero, and the same eSIM keeps working across every country we cover. It costs more per gigabyte than a plan, so pick this for light or hard to predict use rather than heavy days.
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Burkina Faso's mobile networks are Orange, Moov Africa and Telecel Faso, the three operators whose subscribers the regulator ARCEP tracks. Moov Africa is run by Onatel, the national telecoms company, so you may see either name on shop signs and receipts.
In past periods of unrest, Burkina Faso has suspended mobile internet nationwide while fixed-line and Wi-Fi connections largely kept working, as NetBlocks recorded. Note where your hotel's Wi-Fi works best so you have a backup if mobile data goes quiet.
Phone network access is limited across much of the country, and the UK's travel advice suggests a satellite phone in case you break down. Canada also advises carrying a phone and charger whenever you drive.
Source: UK travel advice, which warns that responders are unlikely to come outside Ouagadougou. Canada lists 17 and 18 too.
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