All of Tanzania

Tanzania

Invoice and collect in Tanzania

LivePayouts to a wallet

Yes. Invoice and collect works in Tanzania today: collect on M-Pesa (Vodacom), Airtel Money, Mixx by Yas, settle in TZS, and pay out to a Tanzania mobile money wallet.

What this looks like in Tanzania

6

networks a payer can use

TZS

whole units, no cents

Vodacom

provider code for M-Pesa (Vodacom)

The call

Amounts in TZS are whole units, not cents, which is the thing most integrations get wrong here.

curl https://api.ultraner.com/v1/payments/express/mno \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ULTRANER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d provider="Vodacom" \
  -d account_number="255000000000" \
  -d currency="TZS" \
  -d amount=5000

5,000 means 5,000 TZS. The payer confirms on their handset, so the result arrives by webhook rather than in this response.

What this is built on

Issue an invoice and collect against it.

Charge a mobile money wallet, card, bank account or PayPal.

A payer pays in their currency, you are credited in yours.

Common questions

How do I invoice a customer and get paid in local currency?
Yes. Invoice and collect works in Tanzania today: collect on M-Pesa (Vodacom), Airtel Money, Mixx by Yas, settle in TZS, and pay out to a Tanzania mobile money wallet.
Which networks can I charge in Tanzania?
M-Pesa (Vodacom), Airtel Money, Mixx by Yas, Halopesa, TTCL T-Pesa and AzamPesa. All of them behind one integration; the provider code you send picks the rail.
How do I write the amount for TZS?
TZS has no minor unit. Send whole numbers: 5000 means 5000 TZS, not 50.00. There are no cents to divide by.
Can I pay out to a Tanzania mobile money wallet?
Yes. Tanzania is one of the markets where disbursement is live, so money can go straight to a wallet.

Other things businesses do in Tanzania

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