The image of the Gamtel logo was used from 1990 to 1994 for different emissions that at first glance seem all the same. However, the first card used has a different design from all the…
Ghana, 1988
The design of the Landis & Gyr cards have been used for several years, and many reprints. However, they can be easily distinguished by control number on back; moreover, the blue 60 units card with…
Guinea-Bissau, 1991
Guinea-Bissau, one of the smallest states of continental Africa, has not issued many cards. The first were produced by Landis & Gyr, a system that was used from 1991 to 2002, when the phones with…
Guinea, 1992
Called also Guinea Conakry to avoid confusion with Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, this Country had its map printed on chip cards introduced in 1992. These cards are quite common, as several reprints have been made;…
Ivory Coast, 1988
The history of telephone cards in Ivory Coast began in 1988, when ONT (National Telecommunications Office) installed 206 public card-operated phones in the capital and other strategic places. The phones were provided by the Swiss…
Kenya, 1988
The first cards to be used in Kenya were 5 values, supplied by Autelca: 50, 100, 200, 400 and 1000 KSHS. The cards, which showed the colors of the Kenyan flag, were without the typical…
Lesotho, 1996
The first card issued in Lesotho, with a face value of M10, depicts a satellite antenna; however, the card was supplied by different manufacturers, and at different times, so there are some variations, different for…
Liberia, 1995
The only cards issued in Liberia were provided by Urmet. In circulation there are also other magnetic cards, but they are false and printed as simple collecting speculation. The first series of Urmet included five…
Libya, 1989
The first Libyan phone card was a 120-unit chip card supplied by the French company Gemplus. Initial field tests revealed a defect in the supplied phones, which sometimes overheated the chip, causing the card to…
Madagascar, 1994
The first cards issued in Madagascar were included in a series of four values: 25, 50, 100 and 150 units. The four cards, all with SC-7 chips, were the only ones to be issued by…
