The pawaPay API enables you to pay and get paid with mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Learn more…

...about mobile money

Here you can get a better idea of what mobile money is, how it’s similar to and different from card payments, and much more.

What you should know

Find some useful information you should know about asynchronous financial APIs and mobile money peculiarities.

How to start

Read about where the pawaPay API is, how it’s authenticated and how to set everything up for development and testing.

Going live

And some considerations when moving from your sandbox account to live payments.

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…and then jump right into it

We’ve put together some guides to take you through the implementation of different payment flows.

Play in Postman

Test and get a feel for the API using our Postman collection.

Deposits

Step by step guide on how to get paid by your customers.

Payouts

Step by step on how to pay your customers.

Refunds

Sometimes you need to refund. Follow this guide to refund your customers.

Payment page

Find out how to get paid, with an out-of-the-box payment experience.

API Reference

Find here the API reference to see all the endpoints, payloads, sample requests and responses.