pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Uganda Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a critical incident on July 28, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: USSD Deposit and 1 more component, lasting 4h 59m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: USSD DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 28, 2026, 10:42 AM UTC
We are experiencing an outage of the Uganda Airtel services. We are investigating the issue.
- identified Jul 28, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC
This is a quick update to inform you that we are experiencing an outage in our Uganda Airtel web deposit gateway, but are closely following up on it with the mobile money operator. We'll provide an update as soon as possible.
- monitoring Jul 28, 2026, 02:07 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Jul 28, 2026, 03:41 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.