pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Uganda Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a minor incident on April 20, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 3h 55m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: USSD DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- investigating Apr 20, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
We are experiencing degraded performance in the Uganda Airtel services. We are investigating the issue.
- monitoring Apr 20, 2026, 03:06 PM UTC
A fix has been deployed by Uganda Airtel. We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Apr 20, 2026, 04:23 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.