pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting DRC Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a critical incident on October 15, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: Payout, lasting 2h 55m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified Oct 15, 2026, 11:26 PM UTC
We have identified instability in DRC Airtel services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring Oct 16, 2026, 01:40 AM UTC
A fix has been deployed by DRC Airtel. We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Oct 16, 2026, 02:22 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.