pawaPay incident

Performance degradation affecting Uganda Airtel services

Resolved after 18 hours 52 minutes, affecting Airtel :: USSD Deposit, on October 12, 2026.

identified Oct 12, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC

This is a quick update to inform you that we are still experiencing degraded performance in our Uganda Airtel USSD deposit gateway, but are closely following up on it with the mobile money operator. We'll provide an update as soon as possible.

Started
Oct 12, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 13, 2026, 02:32 AM UTC
Duration
18h 52m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 12, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC

Affected components

Airtel :: USSD Deposit

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 12, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC

    We have identified instability in Uganda Airtel services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.

  2. identified Oct 12, 2026, 02:10 PM UTC

    This is a quick update to inform you that we are still experiencing degraded performance in our Uganda Airtel USSD deposit gateway, but are closely following up on it with the mobile money operator. We'll provide an update as soon as possible.

  3. resolved Oct 13, 2026, 02:32 AM UTC

    The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.

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