pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Malawi Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a major incident on April 28, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: Payout, lasting 2h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified Apr 28, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC
We have identified instability in Malawi Airtel services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring Apr 28, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC
We are seeing improvements in success rates and will continue monitoring the incident.
- resolved Apr 28, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.