pawaPay incident
Performance degradation affecting Malawi Airtel services
pawaPay experienced a critical incident on May 1, 2026 affecting Airtel :: Web Deposit and Airtel :: Payout, lasting 4h 24m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Airtel :: Web DepositAirtel :: Payout
Update timeline
- identified May 01, 2026, 12:09 AM UTC
We have identified instability in Malawi Airtel services. We have escalated this to the MMO for resolution.
- monitoring May 01, 2026, 01:42 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved May 01, 2026, 04:34 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved. We apologise for the inconvenience.