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What is Airtel Money, and how payouts reach it

Airtel Money is the mobile money service of Airtel Africa: an account held with the mobile operator and addressed by phone number, in Tanzania and the operator's other African markets.

Tanzania

TZS

Mobile money

How a payment moves

  1. You One API request
  2. Airtel Money Phone number in local format
  3. Recipient Mobile money account
On DVBridge Payouts Live QR payments Live

Paying into it with DVBridge

  • Payouts · Tanzania Live
    What you send
    Wallet phone number
    Recipient name
    Required
    Delivery
    Under 5 minutes
  • QR payments · Tanzania Live
    What you send
    The code payload or a typed till number
    Recipient name
    Not used
    Delivery
    Under 5 minutes

Amount limits are configured for your account and returned by the API.

Mobile money, not a wallet app

The account lives with the telecom operator, not a bank, and needs no bank account. Money arrives from other users and payouts, and goes out at shops and agents.

What you send

A phone number in local format; in Tanzania, ten digits starting with a zero. The operator is worked out from the number, so the request is the same for Airtel Money and M-Pesa.

Questions and answers

  • Do I have to choose between M-Pesa and Airtel Money?

    No. The operator is determined from the phone number.

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Which markets, which products, roughly what volume. We come back with terms, test keys and the documentation.

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