pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Tanzania Vodacom services
pawaPay experienced a major incident on May 22, 2026 affecting Vodacom :: Web Deposit and Vodacom :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 4h 6m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Vodacom :: Web DepositVodacom :: USSD DepositVodacom :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified May 22, 2026, 05:02 PM UTC
We have identified instability in Tanzania Vodacom services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- identified May 22, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC
This is a quick update to inform you that we are still experiencing an outages in our Tanzania Vodacom deposit payout gateway, but are closely following up on it with the mobile money operator. We'll provide an update as soon as possible.
- monitoring May 22, 2026, 08:10 PM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved May 22, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.