M-PESA will be conducting a planned system upgrade on September 22nd, 2025, from 00:30 AM to 3:30 AM EAT to enhance its services and user experience.
During this 3-hour maintenance window: - M-PESA top-ups will not reflect in your Africa's Talking account - Any M-PESA payments attempted during this period will be temporarily unavailable - Customers attempting M-PESA transactions will receive a maintenance notification message
To prepare for this maintenance window, kindly complete any necessary top-ups before 00:30 AM EAT on September 22nd. You can also consider using other available payment options during this window. Kindly note that M-PESA top-ups will resume normal processing after 3:30 AM EAT.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding as our payment partners work to improve their services. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us via info@africastalking.com.
As always, thank you for your continued trust and partnership.
Best regards, Africa’s Talking Posted on
Sep 15, 2025 - 11:00 EAT
Resolved -
This incident has been resolved.
Sep 15, 11:15 EAT
Identified -
We are having challenges processing transactions on this network.
We are working to resolve it.
------------------------ Update: The issue has been resolved. We are now processing transactions on this network. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Sep 13, 20:46 EAT