pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Uganda Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a minor incident on September 2, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 13h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: USSD DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified Sep 02, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
We have identified instability in Uganda Airtel services. We have escalated this to Airtel for resolution.
- identified Sep 02, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- identified Sep 02, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
- resolved Sep 03, 2026, 07:18 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.