PikaSim
We never ask for your email, name or ID, so there is nothing to leak, sell or spam. Every plan names the country your data exits in, and it is never Hong Kong or China. Runs on Cell C, MTN, Telkom and Vodacom with 5G, everywhere they have coverage.
Traveling to more than one country?
Lots of eSIMs skip the ID check. What we do differently is what happens to you after you buy: nothing, because we never learn who you are.
Nearly every eSIM store wants your email before it sells you anything. Then come the newsletters, the “you forgot something” reminders, and a customer file with your name in it that can be breached, shared with partners or sold to data brokers.
We took a stand against that. PikaSim never asks for your email, name, phone number or an account. There is no mailing list to put you on and no profile of you to sell, because we never had it in the first place.
Your eSIM's traffic reaches the internet in one specific country, and that country's laws reach your data. Most eSIM stores never tell you which one.
Cheap eSIMs very often exit through Hong Kong. In the wholesale catalog we buy from, the Hong Kong version of a plan is cheaper about two times in three, typically by around a quarter. That discount deserves a question: Hong Kong falls under Beijing's 2020 National Security Law, which lets the authorities intercept communications.
So we don't sell them, and every plan card names its exit country before you pay.
On this page: Your South Africa data exits to the internet through our European gateway: one of France or Germany, assigned when each session starts. It is always one of those European countries and never Hong Kong or China.
South Africa requires RICA (Regulation of Interception of Communications Act) registration for all SIM cards. Users must provide ID or passport and proof of address, with carriers maintaining comprehensive databases.
PikaSim is a roaming data service, not a local SIM, so South Africa's SIM registration rules do not apply to it. Nothing to show, nothing to scan, nothing to register.
Journalists protecting sources. Aid and NGO workers in difficult places. Researchers, activists, and anyone whose phone line should not lead back to them. PikaSim fits the precautions you already take: no identity on the line, no name or email on file to leak or hand over, an exit country you know in advance, and a checkout that works over Tor on a GrapheneOS phone.
A private eSIM is one layer. Pair it with a hardened phone like GrapheneOS, an encrypted messenger like Signal, and Tor for the rest.
| PikaSim | Typical eSIM app | Local SIM card | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email or account to buy | Never | Required | Usually required |
| Marketing emails | None, we have no email | Newsletters and promos | Carrier promotions |
| IP exit country shown before you buy | On every plan | Rarely | Local |
| Hong Kong or China exit | Never | Common on cheap plans | No |
| ID or passport | Never | Sometimes (eKYC) | May require ID |
| Top up | ICCID only, no login | Account login | Carrier account or retail |
GrapheneOS is the hardened, de-Googled Android that many journalists, security researchers and activists carry. Most eSIM stores quietly assume Google Play Services. We test on GrapheneOS and write the guides for it.
Your eSIM installs through the built-in GrapheneOS SIM manager from the QR code or activation code. Sandboxed Google Play is not required.
Turn on Settings > Network & internet > eSIM support, then scan. Your eSIM page prints the exact APN in a copyable field for the one setting you enter by hand.
A verified APK you can fingerprint-check, our own F-Droid repository, or Obtainium. No Google account and no Play Store.
Buy over Tor with JavaScript off, pay in Monero from Cake Wallet, and we keep no email or name on file.
GrapheneOS is an independent open source project. We use and recommend it; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Only eSIM that works without Turkish registration
“Turkey bricked my phone but I can write this review because of pikasim. Privacy rules”
“The guides for getting this set up on Graphene OS was extremely helpful. PikaSim knows what it's doing.”
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“I love all the privacy protection aspects. It's great against my country's new phone line registry.”
“The transaction was smooth and fast, and I was able to pay with Monero. I was looking for an European number, so glad I found these people. I can highly recommend them.”
“Great coverage and simple set up. Very attractive prices”
We use and recommend these projects, and PikaSim works with all of them: install on a GrapheneOS phone with no Google services, buy over Tor with JavaScript off, pay from Cake Wallet in Monero.
Logos are trademarks of their owners, shown because we use and recommend these projects. No partnership or endorsement is implied.
Your South Africa eSIM runs on Cell C, MTN, Telkom and Vodacom, the same networks locals in South Africa use. It works everywhere Cell C, MTN, Telkom or Vodacom has coverage: cities, small towns, the countryside, motorways and railway lines alike. Your phone locks on to whichever has the strongest signal and moves between them as you travel.
Your IP address: Your South Africa data exits to the internet through our European gateway: one of France or Germany, assigned when each session starts. It is always one of those European countries and never Hong Kong or China.
Your eSIM for South Africa in 3 simple steps. No account, no app, no hassle.
Pick your data package. No login needed.
Card, or Bitcoin, Lightning, Monero, Zcash, USDT and 50+ altcoins. eSIM appears instantly on screen.
One tap installs it on iPhone or Android. On GrapheneOS, scan the QR code in the built-in SIM manager, no Google needed. You're online.
