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Please Call Me and Reverse Call, when you have no airtime

By David Wachira · Safaricom services hub · paybillke is an independent guide and is not affiliated with Safaricom services.

Dial *140* then the number then #. For example *140*0722000000#. That sends a Please Call Me (Nipigie) asking them to call you, and it costs you nothing.

What it is for

Please Call Me exists for the moment you have no airtime and need to reach someone. It is one of the oldest features on the network and still one of the most used, because the alternative to a free message asking for a call is no contact at all.

How to send one

  1. Dial *140* followed by the number, then #.
  2. So for 0722 000 000, that is *140*0722000000#.
  3. Press call. The recipient gets a message asking them to call you.

There is a daily cap

Safaricom limits how many free Please Call Me messages a line can send in a day, which is why the service exists at all rather than being abused as free messaging. We are not publishing the exact number because we could not confirm the current figure, and a stale cap would be more annoying than no cap. You will know you have hit it when the message stops going through.

Reverse Call is the other half

Reverse Call lets you place a call that the person you are calling pays for. They are asked to accept the charge before it connects, so it is not something that can be done to someone without their agreement. Useful in the same situation as Please Call Me, when the conversation cannot wait for them to call back.

About this page

paybillke is an independent payments directory and is not Safaricom or M-PESA. Checked 13 September 2026 against Safaricom’s published service pages. Safaricom will never ask for your M-PESA PIN or a one-time password: report anyone who does to 100, and forward suspicious messages to 333.

Frequently asked

How do I send Please Call Me on Safaricom?

Dial *140* then the number then #. For example *140*0722000000#.

Does Please Call Me cost anything?

No, but there is a daily limit on how many you can send.

How many Please Call Me can I send a day?

There is a cap, but we do not publish the figure because we could not confirm the current one. You will find out when it stops working.

What is Reverse Call?

A call the recipient pays for. They are asked to accept the charge before it connects.

What is Nipigie?

The Swahili name for the same Please Call Me service.