pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Malawi Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a critical incident on May 16, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: Payout, lasting 5h 56m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified May 16, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC
We have identified instability in Malawi Airtel services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring May 16, 2026, 03:19 AM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved May 16, 2026, 06:02 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.