pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Uganda Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a minor incident on September 5, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 22h 53m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: USSD DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 09:53 AM UTC
We are experiencing degraded performance in the Uganda Airtel services. We are investigating the issue.
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 09:58 PM UTC
We are experiencing degraded performance in the Uganda Airtel services. We are investigating the issue.
- investigating Sep 05, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates in Web Deposit and Payout gateways.
- monitoring Sep 06, 2026, 06:38 AM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Sep 06, 2026, 08:47 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.