Zain Launches S. Sudan’s Country Code +211

Zain Launches S. Sudan’s Country Code +211


The Zain mobile communications compsany operator in South Sudan yesterday launched the South Sudan new country code, +211 replacing the Sudan code +249.


01 October 2011


By Waakhe Simon Wudu

JUBA, 1st October 2011 [Gurtong] – The Zain mobile communications compsany operator in South Sudan yesterday launched the South Sudan new country code, +211 replacing the Sudan code +249.

Subscribers in South Sudan now have less than three months to replace their lines, the Zain General Manager, Hakeem Dario urged their clients to cooperate for the new changes to take effect.

Speaking during the launch, Hakeem clarified that changing the old country code into the new one is part of steps Zain is undertaking towards intensifying her investment plans in the new nation.

“This is a commitment from Zain to invest in South Sudan’s telecommunication sector, in the next few months we will be creating awareness on the new code changes to our clients,” Hakeem said.

He pointed out that, this move is part of the rights as articulated in the South Sudan Transitional Constitution which gives the right to access of information.

He stressed that, in collaboration with the South Sudan’s government, Zain will improve access to information in intensifying socio-economic growth to alleviate poverty in the country.

It will also introduce new services such as Mobile Banking which will facilitate easy and faster payments of bills.

Hakeem also said that the company is strategising to move from States to County levels in order to widen the coverage.

Meanwhile representing the government of South Sudan and launching the Zain Code, Mr. George Garang, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information said that, Zain’s move to use the Country’s new code is part of the efforts to intensify South Sudan’s identity.

“Today we are launching a new country code, what we are doing here is to embrace our identity,” George Garang said while calling his daughter in Australia as the first caller using Zain with the country code +211.

Garang also urged the rest of the telecommunication companies in the country to do the same.