Tanzania
Pay sellers and suppliers in Tanzania
Yes. Pay sellers and suppliers 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=50005,000 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
Send money to a payer's mobile money account.
Live in Tanzania today; the other markets are being brought up one verified rail at a time. Not to be confused with settlement, which works everywhere.
Move your balance to your own bank account by wire.
Pay up to 500 people in one submitted batch.
Reaches a wallet only where disbursement is live; otherwise settle and pay onward.
Common questions
- How do I pay sellers or suppliers in Tanzania?
- Yes. Pay sellers and suppliers 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.
- Anything to know about payouts to a wallet?
- Live in Tanzania today; the other markets are being brought up one verified rail at a time. Not to be confused with settlement, which works everywhere.
- Anything to know about payroll and batch payouts?
- Reaches a wallet only where disbursement is live; otherwise settle and pay onward.