How To Vote For Your Favourite Big Brother Africa Hot Shot

Voting opened immediately after the launch show, Sunday Oct 5th, and runs until next Sunday morning. The more you vote for your favourite nominated housemate, the better their chance of staying in the house and being named as the winner. There are four ways to vote for your favourite housemate each week:

1. Via SMS
2. Via WeChat
3. Via the Big Brother website
4. Via the mobisite on your mobile phone

SMS Voting

To vote via SMS: Text the keyword ‘Vote’, followed by the name of the housemate to the short code number for your country. For example SMS “Vote Uti” to 22626. SMS’s are charged as applicable per specific network tariff. VAS rates apply. Free minutes do not apply. Please note that you can vote 100 times by SMS per mobile number during each voting period.

The SMS numbers for each country are:

Kenya
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Safaricom            KES 20                   22626
Orange                 KES 20                   22626
Airtel                    KES 20                   22626

Botswana
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Mascom               P 2.50                    16626
Orange                 P 2.50                    16626
BE MOBILE        P 2.50                    16626

Ghana
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
MTN                      GHS 0.60              1474
Vodafone               GHS 0.60              1474
GLO                       GHS 0.60              1474
Tigo                        GHS 0.60              1474
Airtel                      GHS 0.60              1474

Malawi
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
TNM                    MK 60.00             15626
Airtel                    MK 60.00             15626

Mozambique
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
mcel                      20MT                     99026
Vodacom              20MT                     99026

Namibia
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
MTC                     N$ 2.50                 15626
TN Mobile           N$ 2.50                 15626

Nigeria
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
MTN                    N75                        34350
Airtel                   N 75                       34350
Globacom            N 75                       34350
Starcomms         N 75                       34350
Etisalat                N 75                       34350

Rwanda
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Tigo                      RWF 50                 1616
MTN                    RWF 50                 1616
Airtel                    RWF 50                 1616

South Africa
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Vodacom             R 1.50                    34624
MTN                    R 1.50                    34624
CellC                     R 1.50                    34624
8TA                      R 1.50                    34624
Virgin                   R 1.50                    34624

Tanzania, United Republic of

Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Vodacom             TSH 600                15426
Tigo                      TSH 600                15426
Zantel                   TSH 600                15426
Airtel                    TSH 600                15426

Uganda
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
UTL                      500 UGX               8884
Warid                    500 UGX               8884
MTN                     500 UGX               8884
Airtel                     500 UGX               8884
Orange                  500 UGX               8884

Zambia
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
MTN                    Kwacha 2.50       3003
Zamtel                 Kwacha 2.50       3003
Airtel                    Kwacha 2.50       3003

Zimbabwe
Operator             Tariff                     Short Code
Econet                 US $0.50               15626
Netone                US $0.50               15626
Telecel                US $0.50               15626

Rest Of Africa
Tariff                     Short Code
Int’nl Rates         +2783142100414

WeChat Voting

Voting on WeChat is free. To vote via WeChat on your mobile phone, go to your app store and download the WeChat app. Create your profile, then search for BigBrotherAfrica and add the account. You can then start voting on WeChat, up to 100 times per mobile phone number during a valid voting period.

Website and mobile site voting

Voting on the website and on the mobile site is free and you are allowed to vote 100 times per cellphone number on the website and again 100 times per cellphone number on the mobile site during a valid voting period.