Airtel Smart Trybe Tariff Plan in Nigeria: What Replaced It
SmartTRYBE is off Airtel's website and its old code, *312#, now opens the data menu. See the night plan, Flexi bundles and call plans Airtel has instead.
Smart Trybe, or SmartTRYBE as Airtel wrote it, was the network’s plan for students and young people. Calls dropped to 11 kobo a second after the first 50 seconds, ₦25 bought 500MB of night browsing, and data bundles above ₦500 came with 30% extra. That is how this page described it in 2018, when you joined by dialling *312#.
We went through Airtel Nigeria’s website and SmartTRYBE is not on it. Airtel’s voice and data pages list no plan for students at all. What the plan did is now spread across a call plan, a night plan, the Flexi bundles and the social plans, and anyone on Airtel can buy them.
What replaces each SmartTRYBE benefit
| SmartTRYBE, as this page listed it in 2018 | What Airtel’s website lists now | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Calls at 20k/sec for 50 seconds, then 11k/sec | SmartTALK at 25k/sec flat, or SmartLife at 33k/sec with free minutes | *414# |
| Night browsing: 500MB for ₦25, midnight to 5am | Night plan: 250MB for ₦50, midnight to 5am | *312# |
| 30% extra data on bundles above ₦500 | 2GB of night-time YouTube data and 200MB for YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, added to weekly plans from ₦1,000 and monthly plans up to ₦20,000 | *312# |
| Free 15MB every week | Nothing like it |
The old code now opens the data menu
*312# used to be the SmartTRYBE migration code. On Airtel’s website it is now the code for buying data, and nothing there connects it to a tariff plan.
The code for changing plan is *414#. To see which plan you are on, dial *121#, choose “Manage my account”, then “My tariff plan”. Airtel’s site does not say what became of lines that were on SmartTRYBE, so check before you assume. If yours still shows it, call Airtel on 300 and ask what rate the line is charged before you move.
The Airtel night plan
Airtel’s data plans page lists one night plan: 250MB for ₦50, usable from midnight to 5am. It sits with the daily plans, and the code is *312#, the same as for every other data plan.
Per megabyte that is four times what SmartTRYBE charged. ₦25 for 500MB was 5 kobo per MB. ₦50 for 250MB is 20 kobo.
The other night allowance comes free with bigger plans. Weekly plans from ₦1,000 and monthly plans from ₦1,500 to ₦20,000 include 2GB of YouTube Night data. Airtel says it works from midnight to 5am each day while the plan lasts, and only on YouTube.
Calls: SmartTALK or SmartLife
Airtel has two prepaid call plans now.
- SmartTALK is 25 kobo a second to all networks, which is ₦15 a minute, with no access fee. Dial *414*1#.
- SmartLife is 33 kobo a second, or ₦19.80 a minute, and gives back 3 free minutes for every 6 paid minutes of local calls in a week. The free minutes last 48 hours. Dial *414*2#.
If most of your money goes on data and calls are occasional, SmartTALK is the better of the two, because SmartLife only pays off once you pass 6 minutes of paid calls in a week and then use the free ones. ₦100 of airtime is 6 minutes 40 seconds on SmartTALK and 5 minutes 3 seconds on SmartLife.
We compare both plans and Airtel’s call bundles in our guide to the best Airtel tariff plan for calls. Our page on the old Smart Value plan has more on SmartTALK.
Flexi bundles: calls and data together
The nearest thing to SmartTRYBE’s mix of calls and data is a Flexi bundle. One payment covers minutes, data and 5 SMS. Dial *234*2# to buy and *234*8# to check the balance.
| Bundle | Price | Minutes | Data | Valid for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexi 500 | ₦500 | 10 | 400MB | 7 days |
| Flexi 1000 | ₦1,000 | 20 | 1.2GB | 7 days |
| Flexi 2000 | ₦2,000 | 40 | 2.5GB | 30 days |
| Flexi 5000 | ₦5,000 | 100 | 12GB | 30 days |
Set each against the ordinary data plan at the same price. ₦500 on a weekly plan is 500MB, so Flexi 500 swaps 100MB for 10 minutes of calls. ₦2,000 on a monthly plan is 3GB, so Flexi 2000 swaps 500MB for 40 minutes, and those minutes would cost ₦600 on SmartTALK. If you make the calls anyway, Flexi is the better buy. If you hardly call, take the plain data plan.
Unused minutes, data and SMS roll over if you buy another Flexi bundle before the current one expires.
Social plans
For chat and scrolling on a small budget, Airtel has social plans that work on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok only.
| Price | Data | Valid for |
|---|---|---|
| ₦100 | 200MB | 2 days |
| ₦300 | 1GB | 3 days |
| ₦500 | 1.5GB | 7 days |
They do not work in a normal browser. Dial *312# to buy one and *323# to check any data balance.
Quick answers
What is the Airtel Smart Trybe migration code?
It was *312#. Airtel’s website no longer lists SmartTRYBE, and *312# is now its code for buying data. The code for changing tariff plan is *414#.
What is the code for the night plan on Airtel?
*312#. The night plan on Airtel’s data plans page is 250MB for ₦50, usable from midnight to 5am.
What is the call rate on Airtel now?
25 kobo a second on SmartTALK and 33 kobo a second on SmartLife, to all networks, with no access fee on either.
Does Airtel still have a plan for students?
None is listed on its voice or data pages. The nearest things are the Flexi bundles for calls with data, the ₦50 night plan and the social plans.
How do I check my Airtel tariff plan?
Dial *121#, choose “Manage my account”, then “My tariff plan”.
