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What is the character limit for USSD menus and user input in Kenya?
What is the character limit for USSD menus and user input in Kenya?
USSD character limits on menus and user input
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Written by Caroline Wavinya
Updated over a week ago

Character Limit is the number of characters you can display in a USSD Menu. This depends on the Telco.

  • Safaricom KE : 160 characters. 

  • Airtel KE : 184 characters. 

For both Telcos if the menu is long they automatically break up the menu and adds the '98:More 00:Back' section etc ( this is sometimes referred to as automatic pagination)

The maximum number of characters expected in the user input(that is what the customer may enter in response to your menu) is 

  • Safaricom KE : 80 characters

  • Airtel KE : 90 characters

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