The African country of Zaire has the call prefix +243. Before dialing the prefix to call outside the Democratic Republic of Zaire, however, dial the AfrikaCard access number to extend the amount of minutes you can use for the call. Compared to dialing direct, connecting to AfrikaCard can provide over twice the number of minutes for the same amount of money. See how many minutes are available on AfrikaCard when calling from Zaire.