pawaPay incident

Performance degradation affecting MTN OpenAPI services

Resolved after 2 hours 42 minutes, affecting MTN :: Web Deposit and MTN :: Web Deposit and 1 more, on July 24, 2026.

monitoring Jul 24, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

We are seeing improvements in success rates across the affected services and will continue monitoring the incident.

Started
Jul 24, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 25, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC
Duration
2h 42m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 24, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC

Affected components

MTN :: Web DepositMTN :: Web DepositMTN :: PayoutMTN :: PayoutMTN :: Web DepositMTN :: Web DepositMTN :: Web DepositMTN :: PayoutMTN :: Web DepositMTN :: Payout

Update timeline

  1. identified Jul 24, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC

    We have identified instability in MTN services in the following market(s): Benin, Cameroon, CIV, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Zambia. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.

  2. identified Jul 24, 2026, 09:41 PM UTC

    This is a quick update to inform you that we are still experiencing degraded performance in our MTN OpenAPI gateways, but are closely following up on it with the mobile money operator. We'll provide an update as soon as possible.

  3. monitoring Jul 24, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

    We are seeing improvements in success rates across the affected services and will continue monitoring the incident.

  4. resolved Jul 25, 2026, 12:04 AM UTC

    The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.

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