MTN MoMo & Airtel Money โ€” Live in Uganda

THE PAYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR AFRICA

One unified API to accept and send mobile money across MTN MoMo and Airtel Money. Built for scale, compliance, and developer velocity.

99.9%
API Uptime SLA
<2s
Average collection time
2
Networks integrated
UGX
Native Ugandan Shilling

Everything to go live

From sandbox to production in hours. Full REST API with webhooks, KYC, real-time balances, and a complete management dashboard.

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Collections

Request-to-Pay from any Uganda mobile number. Real-time status via webhooks.

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Disbursements

Send money to MTN and Airtel subscribers instantly. Risk scoring included.

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Real-time Balance

Shadow ledger with instant balance queries, no provider round-trips.

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KYC Lookup

Verify subscriber identity in real-time before initiating transactions.

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API Keys

Scoped keys, IP whitelisting, sandbox/live environments per key.

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Webhooks

HMAC-SHA256 signed event delivery with automatic retries and delivery logs.

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Fraud Detection

Risk scoring, hold-for-review, configurable limits per account.

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Reconciliation

Nightly automated reconciliation with adjustment tracking.

Two networks. One API.

We handle provider complexity so you don't have to.

MTN MoMo Live
Network
MTN Uganda
Product
MoMo API
Collections
โœ“ Enabled
Disbursements
โœ“ Enabled

Uganda's largest mobile money network via the official MTN MoMo Developer API.

Airtel Money Live
Network
Airtel Uganda
Product
Open API
Collections
โœ“ Enabled
Disbursements
โœ“ Enabled

Full Airtel Money Uganda integration with sandbox and production environments.

Live in four steps

Sign up, get your API key, point to our endpoint, go live.

01

Create account

Register your company. KYC verification unlocks live credentials within 24h.

02

Get API key

Generate scoped sandbox keys instantly. Test every endpoint with our SIT runner.

03

Integrate

One REST endpoint. Collections, disbursements, balances, KYC โ€” all unified.

04

Go live

Flip to production keys. Dashboards, webhooks, and monitoring included.

Built API-first

RESTful JSON API. Idempotency keys. Rate limiting. Detailed error codes. Everything you expect from a modern payment API.

REST/JSONBearer tokensIdempotency WebhooksSandbox envRate limiting HMAC signingPaginationAudit logs
POST /v1/collections/initiate
# Initiate a mobile money collection curl -X POST https://api.lyntra.co/v1/collections/initiate \ -H "Authorization: Bearer pgk_live_..." \ -H "Idempotency-Key: order_12345" \ -d '{ "msisdn": "256771234567", "amount": 50000, "reference": "order_12345", "description": "Payment for order" }' # Response { "id": "txn_01J8X...", "status": "PENDING", "provider": "MTN", "amount": 50000, "currency": "UGX" }

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