pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Tanzania Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a minor incident on May 18, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 5h 28m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: USSD DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- investigating May 18, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC
We are experiencing degraded performance in the Tanzania Airtel services. We are investigating the issue.
- monitoring May 19, 2026, 01:20 AM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved May 19, 2026, 04:56 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.