Pangia: 1 eSim, 105+ Countries

This guest post is contributed by Matthew Kirkham, founder of Pangia. Genki and Pangia are on the same mission to make our lives easier and gain more time for what matters: Making the most out of this one precious life.

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I’m Matthew, founder of Pangia.

I hate admin.
I hate feeling ripped off.
I love adventure.

With me so far?

There’s a strange lie we all politely ignore about living globally.

We love the sunsets, the freedom, and the “I might stay an extra month.” But there are real costs to being a globe-trotter: forming real community, lasting relationships, and, of course, the admin. Bookings, delays, check-ins, check-outs, and walk-abouts for stable WiFi after the cafe that Google Maps says is definitely open are definitely closed. Just update your hours, guys, seriously.

It’s the constant, teeth-grinding, low-level friction of the world still being designed for someone who lives in one place, with one phone number, one SIM, clear work hours, and a ‘stable routine’ that gets in the way of us living a ‘full life’.

Pangia’s primary goal is to make at least one part of that something you don’t have to think about anymore.

Because when you live globally, mobile connectivity isn’t nice to have. It’s the foundation for everything else.

No internet means no maps. No Uber. No banking. No work logins. No 2FA. Just you, standing in an airport trying to join the Wi-Fi while locals whoosh past you. And the worst part is how normal this has become, like it’s just the price you pay for freedom...

The telecom industry (like so many other industries before it) has always responded with more choices.

More gigabytes. More days. More countries. More bundles. More comparison tables. More "valid for 7 days, 2 bonus days if you start it on the 3rd Monday of the month"… It’s all sold as flexibility. Flexibility? I want freedom. Do I look flexible to you?

But here’s the thing… It’s not flexibility, it’s friction. I hate friction when things can be frictionless. That’s why Pangia is boring.

We built one global unlimited eSIM that just works, in 105 countries (and counting). One SIM. One plan. No top-ups. No switching. No mental maths. I land in a country, and I get a cheeky welcome text.

If you want to check exact coverage by country, it’s here. Genki members get our eSiM for just $19 per month, paid annually, or $35 per month, which is like $0.63 a day for something you probably rely on every single day. And yes, we get asked a lot: why is it priced like this? And even funnier: why don’t we make it more expensive? I was really inspired by a Jeff Bezos quote I heard once:

There are two kinds of companies: those that work to try to charge customers more and those that work to charge customers less. We will be the second

The answer is simple: we’re not trying to extract maximum profit from a problem people already hate. Yes, there are interesting economic and technological reasons we’ve been able to keep the price down, thanks to better switching technology under the hood and better deals with providers (because our customers stay with us, and Telcos LOVE that). But we pass those savings straight on to customers instead of turning this into another “nomad tax.” Pangia exists to become one less thing to think about, not a premium stress product. Again, decisionless. If it’s the right price and works phenomenally, we keep our customers happy.

To put it bluntly: global life is already admin-heavy enough.

Your internet connection shouldn’t be a recurring existential crisis.

For me, decisionless design architecture is always the gold standard.

DON’T MAKE ME THINK.

I personally want to arrive at my Airbnb with peace of mind that when the advertised ‘super fast WiFi’ is down, I’m safe. Or when I venture out on a hike for a little bit of adventure, a little bit of danger - I can get back home safely, or at least make my way to eat some Nasi Goreng.

So, that’s how we think about building products:

• Peace of mind
• Don’t make me think
• Make it as cheap as possible.

For those of you who are builders, makers, engineers, and creatives out there - I hope you take this as an invitation to do more, cut the price, and allow only fun surprises - so your customers have to do less.

We all have enough sh*t to worry about.

Like sunsets and the best Nasi Goreng… ok, I’ll stop.

If you want a set-and-forget global eSIM that works moments after you land, without switching plans, calculating gigs (seriously, who thinks in gigs), or timing days to expiry.

Thanks, Genki, for letting us share what we’re up to, and hey, you, reader?

Stay brilliant, now go watch a sunset and tell someone you love them.

- Matthew Founder, Pangia