pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Lesotho M-Pesa services
pawaPay experienced a critical incident on June 18, 2026 affecting M-Pesa :: Web Deposit and M-Pesa :: Payout, lasting 1h 38m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
M-Pesa :: Web DepositM-Pesa :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified Jun 18, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC
We have identified instability in Lesotho M-Pesa services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring Jun 18, 2026, 01:04 AM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Jun 18, 2026, 01:54 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.